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  • Superalloy critical rhenium metal Pebble mine project Bristol Bay Alaska

    Pebble hosts 90 years of durable rhenium

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Apr 23, 2021

    Rhenium is exceptionally resistant to heat and wear, characteristics that make it a vital ingredient in superalloys used in jet and industrial gas turbine engines. "The high-temperature properties of rhenium allow turbine engines to be designed with finer tolerances and operate at temperatures higher than those of engines constructed with other materials," the United States Geological Survey penned in a fact sheet on the critical metal. "These properties allow prolonged engine...

  • Pebble copper mine permitting Alaska mitigation plan drilling

    Pebble submits final piece for fed permit

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 25, 2020

    Pebble Limited Partnership has submitted a compensatory mitigation plan for Pebble, which is the final piece needed for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to finalize a record of decision for the world-class copper-gold-molybdenum-silver-rhenium mine project in Southwest Alaska. Following publication of a Final Environmental Impact Statement for Pebble in July, the Army Corps sent Pebble Partnership a letter that details the need for "in kind" and "in watershed" mitigation for...