The Pebble mine in Alaska was dealt a potentially lethal blow after the Army Corps of Engineers rejected an essential permit for the project.
The Pebble mine in Alaska was dealt a potentially lethal blow after the Army Corps of Engineers rejected an essential permit for the project.
The politics surrounding Pebble Mine may not directly translate to other pending mining projects. The controversial Alaska gold mine has seen an unusual gang of opponents team up alongside ...
25/11/2020 · Nov. 25, 2020. The Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday denied a permit for the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska, likely dealing a death blow to a longdisputed project .
18/08/2021 · By MARK HAMILTON (Editor's note: This is the first in a series about the history of the Pebble Mine project in Alaska, from the perspective of someone who was part of the team trying to help it succeed against the odds of public opinion and propaganda).
03/12/2020 · Southwestern Alaska's Pebble deposit holds worldclass resources of copper, gold, silver, rhenium and more, but the project to develop it has been mired in controversy in years, with many issues building to a head in 2020.
The Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday denied a permit for the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska, likely dealing a death blow to the longdisputed project. In a statement, the Army Corps said it "determined that the applicant's plan for the discharge of fill material does not comply with Clean Water Act guidelines and concluded that the ...
The Pebble Project is a coppergoldmolybdenum porphyry deposit in the advanced exploration stage. The project is loed on state land in the Bristol Bay Region of southwest Alaska, approximately 17 miles northwest of the community of Iliamna. Pebble consists of two contiguous deposits.
The Pebble deposit in the US state of Alaska was originally discovered in 1988 by Cominco Alaska, and has been described by its current developer Northern Dynasty Minerals (through its wholly owned subsidiary the Pebble Limited Partnership, PLP) as "one of the greatest stores of mineral wealth ever discovered, and the world's largest undeveloped copper and gold resource".
30/11/2020 · For more than a decade, the threat of a huge, openpit copper and gold mine has loomed over the heart of pristine salmon spawning territory in Bristol Bay, Alaska. That threat has been laid to rest — for now. Pebble Mine would have directly impacted the world's greatest sockeye salmon run.
25/11/2020 · In a major reversal, the Trump administration has denied a permit for the massive Pebble Mine project in Alaska. The Army Corps of Engineers said it was "contrary to the public interest."
23/01/2020 · For over a decade, environmentalists and indigenous local residents fought to protect the salmon runs of Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble gold and copper mine. Description: The area of Bristol Bay in Alaska is home to one of the greatest runs of wild sockeye salmon and over two dozen Alaskan Native Communities.
25/08/2020 · Alaska's Pebble Mine project, one of the world's largest copper and gold deposits, has been through a roller coaster of regulation over the past 13 years.
23/10/2019 · The Pebble Mine Project is a mineral exploration project in Southwest Alaska near Lake Iliamna and Lake Clark in the Bristol Bay watershed. A mining permit is currently pending review by the Army Corps of Engineers. The Bristol Bay, Alaska watershed is home to the largest salmon run in the world and critical to the Alaska native villages ...
12/03/2019 · Pebble CEO Tom Collier fails to mention immovable Alaskan opposition and his own multimillion dollar bonus if Canadianowned mining project gets quick federal permit.
23/01/2020 · Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay Alaska, USA. Pebble mine protests Source: Water Anti Pebble mine sticker Source: Capital Research Center. For over a decade, environmentalists and indigenous local residents fought to protect the salmon runs of Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble gold and copper mine.
21/08/2020 · The Pebble project would be the largest mining venture in North America if approved (Credit: Northern Dynasty Minerals) Northern Dynasty Minerals has discovered "substantial quantities" of rhenium – a strategic metal with military appliions – at its .
28/04/2021 · Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX:NDM) (NYSE:NAK), the company behind the controversial Pebble coppergoldmolybdenumsilver project in Alaska, has .
Bristol Bay's regional economy generates billion annually from commercial fishing and supports 15,000 fishing jobs. Credit: K Raymond. If built, the foreignowned Pebble Mine would poison Bristol Bay, weaken Alaska's economy, and threaten our way of life. Despite this, the project continues to .
14/05/2020 · Thiessen said the Pebble Project is expected to support as many as 1,000 fulltime, direct jobs during mine operations, with average compensation in excess of 100,000/year, and up to 2,000 ...
About Pebble (Mine) Science. This site promotes sharing of objective scientific information on proposed copper mining in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Mining in this region is controversial because mining can cause significant adverse impacts to water quality and fisheries and 51% of the world's sockeye salmon originates from Bristol Bay.
25/11/2020 · The Pebble mine in Alaska was dealt a potentially lethal blow after the Army Corps of Engineers rejected a permit for the project. The proposed mine in southwestern Alaska, which would tap one of the world's largest undeveloped copper and gold deposits, has been dogged by protests for years, as conservationists warn industrial mining ...
08/01/2021 · Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Friday that the state is appealing the Army Corps of Engineers' decision to deny a permit for the proposed Pebble Mine.