The Minerals Security Partnership: More Questions than Answers
The Minerals Security Partnership urges investment for strategic minerals. Local experts question if and how the MSP will help Alaska.
Mining
UAF Names Engineering Building for the Late Joseph Usibelli
The UAF Engineering Building is being named after the late Joseph E. Usibelli Sr., former president of his family’s coal mine in Healy.
Promising Results from Summer Exploration at Donlin Gold Mine
Developers of Donlin Gold say they are pleased with initial results of this season’s exploratory drilling.
Group Forms to Support West Susitna Access Project
Supporters of a road that would access mining areas west of the Susitna River are forming a nonprofit to counter a campaign against the project.
Ucore Scales Up Demonstration Plant for Rare Earth Separation
Early evaluation of a process to separate rare earth elements from mined ore puts Ucore on a faster track to commercial deployment.
Blackwolf Copper & Gold Commences Fieldwork in Lower Panhandle
Blackwolf Copper & Gold commenced surface exploration northwest of Hyder near the tip of the Alaska Panhandle in a mining region known as the Golden Triangle.