Interior Secretary Cancels ANWR Leases
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland cancelled leases held by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, while a second ANWR lease sale is pending.
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland cancelled leases held by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, while a second ANWR lease sale is pending.
The board of directors of Bering Straits Native Corporation approved a $2 million investment in Graphite One to complete a feasibility study for a mine near Nome.
The annual economic report prepared for the Alaska Oil and Gas Association conference anticipates $14 billion in industry spending, supporting 2,600 to 2,900 jobs.
Three Alaska Native village corporations split $2.5 million, the first batch of a new federal grant program, to assess and clean up soil and water contamination.
Operations have started at the Manh Choh gold mine near Tok, but the production phase is a year away, pending modifications to the mill at the Fort Knox mine near Fairbanks.
Installation is complete at a new solar power facility in Houston, the largest yet built in Alaska. The array will supply an estimated 8.5 MW to Matanuska Electric Association.