...that one of the big outside companies involved in opposing Ballot Measure 2 was Hecla Mining Co., owner of Juneau's Greens Creek Mine."Hecla is the largest single tax payer in the borough, the largest single employer and a 75-percent Alaska-hire...

...The corporation supports other mining operations, including small local ones in the area and ones as large as Juneau's Greens Creek Mine, where BBNC was an early investor."We recognize Greens Creek, not far from Juneau here, as a good example...

A disturbing wire story crossed our desk this week dealing with a very lopsided report paid for by the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (SEACC) and the Northern Alaska Environmental Center entitled: "The role of Metal Mining in the Alaska Economy."

...petition, focused on the Pebble Mine, but other mining companies joined to fight it as well. The owners of Juneau's Greens Creek Mine contributed more than $1 million to the campaign which defeated the measure. In the two years since the election...

Mining group Rio Tinto PLC announced Tuesday it will sell its stake in Juneau's Greens Creek Mine to its joint-venture partner, Hecla Mining Co., for $750 million. "They're going to get a new jacket and a different...