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New people, I think, have any real sense as to how much of a burden the federal government places on those who seek to develop minerals on the public domain and in the national forests. In Alaska, although there are vast deposits of valuable minerals in the ground, and although it is relatively easy to locate a mining claim, that is only the beginning of the job. Because of statehood selections and selections made by Native corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims...
Arctic Slope Regional Corp. and multinational BHP Billiton signed a series of agreements in July providing BHP Billiton an exclusive right to explore and possibly develop the coal-bearing land held by ASRC in northwestern Alaska. The Western Arctic region includes a number of known low-sulfur bituminous coal-bearing areas. ASRC holds land and mineral rights in the region as a result of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. BHP Billiton will begin an exploration program on ASRC lands north of the Brooks Range in...
In the waning days of his administration, then President Jimmy Carter passed through Anchorage en route to a meeting in Asia. His shocking and draconian use of the Antiquities Act to implement his vision of how Alaskans should be concentrated in isolated parcels surrounded by inaccessible, withdrawn lands had already been implemented. His execution of ANILCA was yet to be. Mr. Carter took a few minutes to meet with several business leaders during his brief stopover, and in...
Alaska Native corporations have considerable experience partnering with mining companies and have seen economic benefits for their shareholders from the mining industry. They are also aware of people's concern about the effect of mining on the subsistence lifestyle, as became clear in a panel discussion on "Mining and the Native Perspective" at the Newhalen conference in April. Greg Beischer of Bristol Environmental and Engineering Services Corp. a subsidiary of Bristol Bay Native Corp., introduced the panel. Beischer, an...
Alaska's Red Dog zinc mine has received environmental certification under ISO 14001, becoming one of a handful of mines in North America to achieve this status. Malcolm Ting of the international inspection and certification agency SGS presented a banner to Teck Cominco and NANA Corp. representatives at an Alaska Support Industry Alliance event in Anchorage Dec. 10. When the banner flies at Red Dog, in the Arctic 90 miles north of Kotzebue, it will be the farthest north symbol of a certified mine. "It doesn't contain specific...
