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...across once-frozen seas. The global warming is making the Arctic's elusive supply of oil, gas, minerals and precious metals available - in some areas, for the first time ever - as ever-expanding counties like China and India hunt for additional...
...5.7 tons produced around the world per year.Alaska is a less consequential producer of gold, Satre said. The precious metal lured thousands to Alaska during the gold rush days at the turn of the 20th century. But today, Alaska produces...
...keep popping up well into the information age."As long as we have hard currency and value in precious stones and precious metals, we're going to have people who will try to take it," Rehder said.Or, as Johnson put it, "it's frankly...
...200 years.Some companies and entrepreneurs are eying asteroids as possible sources for trillions of dollars in precious metals.Planetary Resources Inc., based in Seattle and backed by Google Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Page and Chairman...
...private 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...
...in his new role of Chief Operating Officer."Hanagarne was most recently chief operating officer of Switzerland precious metal refiner Valcambi, SA, in which Newmont Mining Corp. has an equity interest. Prior to this appointment in early...
...the Kensington mine, which operated at full capacity during the third quarter of 2011," The Kensington Mine sells precious metal concentrates, typically under long-term contracts, to smelters in China and Germany.The company spent $38...
...boxers that say "I Have Maggots in My Scrotum.") This is pure gold for Broadway, but it will take plenty of that precious metal to pay for a pair of tickets for a Saturday night performance, even for next May.2. "War Horse": Sure, the...
...Krebs said the drop in stock price does not reflect current gold and silver prices."We are frustrated that all precious metals equities, including ours, have seen a significant short-term correction despite the fact that silver and gold...
...reports (http://bit.ly/pHkOyz ) that jittery, uncertain financial markets have fueled a surge in demand for precious metals, and Alaska companies that deal in gold are reaping the benefits. "It's a gold rush," said Jim Madonna, a...