Extra $10m budgeted for Pebble project in 2009

The owners of the large Pebble project in Alaska have approved an additional $10,1-million for the project this year, bringing the total project budget to $70-million in 2009. The Pebble copper/gold/molybdenum project, in the Bristol Bay region...

Alaskans file suit challenging Pebble permits

An organisation representing native Alaskan groups, as well as some prominent Alaskans, have filed a civil suit against the state's Department of Natural Resources (DNR), asserting that the department violated the Alaskan constitution by granting...

Alaskans keep the door open to mining industry

Voters in Alaska this week appear to have voted against a clean-water initiative that could have threatened the future of the mining industry in the US's most northerly state. According to unofficial figures available on Wednesday, 57% of voters...