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...Mountain and Dotson Ridge uranium and rare earth element deposit on Prince of Wales Island, and the precious and base metals mines located near Juneau, are found in rock formations called Taku, Wrangellia, Alexander, Yakutat and others.Niblack...
...legislation to allow for 18 miles of road through a roadless area on Prince of Wales to the Niblack and Bokan Mountain heavy metal mines. The legislation is expected to be similar to Senate Bill S. 3330 Murkowski introduce in June of 2012 called the Niblack...
...employer with 2,171 annual average employees. Health care accounts for 1,797 jobs while Juneau's two precious metal mines employ over 600 with a total payroll of $56 million. Mine work continues to boast the highest average annual wage...
...of 2012 visit 1.usa.gov/JKg8vw. For more detailed information visit 1.usa.gov/IRc3Xb for metal and non-metal mine fatalities, or 1.usa.gov/IC9FWY for coal mine fatalities.? Contact reporter Russell Stigall at 523-2276...
...Sen. Frank Murkowski presented a bill to a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday that would expedite the opening of multi-metal mines about 45 miles northwest of downtown Juneau. The Cape Fox Land Entitlement Act of 2002, or Senate Bill 2222, would...
...River Inlet, fed by Southeast Alaska's biggest salmon spawning ground while upstream in Canada a proposed, multi-metal mine hurtles toward a crucial milestone in its approval process. The Canadian government provided 30 days for U.S. citizens...
...protecting wild salmon and the environment. The British Columbia provincial government is fast-tracking a proposed multi-metal mine in the Taku River watershed, which includes a mixing zone for wastewater discharges to the Tulsequah River. The Environmental...
...the cost of cleaning up harmful acid runoff from mine tailings without an adequate bond. The Admiralty Island multi-metal mine is a joint venture of Kennecott Minerals, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Hecla Mining Co. based in Coeur d'Alene...
...Canadian environmental regulators have declined to attend a public forum in Juneau on the proposed Tulsequah Chief multi-metal mine in the Taku River watershed. Juneau Mayor Bruce Botelho invited Canadian and U.S. regulators and mine and tribal...
...rejected the Taku River Tlingit First Nation's claim that British Columbia ignored its concerns about a proposed multi-metal mine near the Alaska border. The court's 7-0 decision Thursday reversed two lower courts' findings that B.C. officials...