Key Background The decision comes one month after the EPA recommended a prohibition and restriction of disposal sites for dredged or fill material from mining at the Pebble Mine, within Alaska’s ...

But gold remains a key part of Alaska’s economy, as the backbone of the state’s mining industry. The nearly 850,000 ounces produced by Alaska mines in 2024 accounted for some $2 billion ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took an unusually strong step Tuesday and blocked a proposed mine heralded by backers as the most significant undeveloped copper and gold resource in the ...

(Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) Peltola was against the mine when she ran for Congress in 2022. She’d been a community manager for Donlin Gold for six years.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Three Alaska Native tribes have sued to block what they say would be one of the largest gold mines in the world, arguing that federal agencies failed to properly analyze ...

Pouring gold at Kinross' Fort Knox mine in Alaska's Interior. (Kinross) A year ago, Alaska’s miners were selling gold at what seemed like a great price: around $2,200 per ounce.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, effectively vetoed a proposed copper and gold mine in the remote region of southwest Alaska that is coveted by mining interests ...

Alaska gold, copper mine blocked over environmental worries February 1, 2023 at 10:00 p.m. by BECKY BOHRER and PATRICK WHITTLE / Associated Press ...

A year ago, Alaska’s miners were selling gold at what seemed like a great price: around $2,200 per ounce. Today, that number sounds like a steal.