...tributary to the Taku River, upriver of prime salmon spawning and rearing habitat, including Flannigan Slough. When metal prices dropped Cominco abandoned the site without undertaking any decommissioning or pollution control. As the current owner...
...company is looking at about 100,000 ounces of gold from Kensington for the year. Ebersole said the current strong metal prices will make significant impacts to the company in the second half, as gold recently reached $1,700 per ounce and silver...
...year-to-date total metal sales to more than $774 million. Coeur benefited from a substantial increase in average metal prices from 2010 to 2011. Silver cost $38.96 for the three months that ended Sept. 30, 2011. Gold was $1,702 per...
...last year, low per ounce production costs and high metal prices helped Hecla Mining Company realize an "excellent...and lead as by-products of its silver production."Metal prices continue to remain strong across the four metals that...
...increased volume of seafood exports clearly played a major part, Eckhart said.In the case of mineral concentrates, metal prices and currency changes likely played a dominant role in the 34 percent increase in export values to all Alaska trading...
...correction despite the fact that silver and gold prices remain at very healthy levels," Krebs said. The fundamentals on metals prices did not change, he said. "The U.S. fiscal outlook isn't improving, Europe's issues are not going away by...
...said he knows that Alaska's mining industry, in particular, is undergoing a resurgence of activity, given high metal prices and other factors. "Hopefully, we'll be able to keep pace," Iani said. "This state is blessed with natural...
...it wasn't. Now it is." For 10 or 15 years, low metal prices kept the industry in a slump, said Steve Borell, executive...generation of miners and mining engineers by virtue of metal prices," he said. "Now it's time to catch up." Prices...
...long-life gold and silver mines, plus high precious metals prices. This marks the first full quarter with all three mines...silver and gold mines. Along with exceptionally strong metals prices, the results from the third quarter demonstrate the...
...mines silver, zinc, gold and lead, was discovered in 1975. It began operating in 1989. It closed in 1993 after metal prices dropped, and reopened in 1996. The mine is within the Admiralty Island National Monument. The alternative approved...
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