Three workers from Juneau’s Greens Creek Mine were among the emergency responders to the Pogo Mine in the Interior Tuesday, after an early morning underground fire forced the evacuation of 34 workers at the facility near Delta Junction.
Energy & Mining
Oil prices decline
KTOO’s 360 North television airs speech on domestic oil and gas production Friday, at 8 p.m.
Comments due on Greens Creek mine tailings expansion draft EIS
The public comment period ends Monday June 4th for a proposal to expand the tailings facility at a Juneau area mine. The Hecla Greens Creek silver mine on Admiralty Island is one of Juneau’s largest employers. But the facility also straddles a boundary for the Admiralty Island National Monument, one of the more-pristine areas in Southeast Alaska.
Begich looks to drilling, legislation to lower fuel prices
Efforts to curb speculative trading in the oil futures market have run into partisan opposition, or are hung up in the courts.
Tulsequah Chief Mine road permit to be delayed
British Columbia environmental officials say a permit for a road to the Tulsequah Chief Mine will be delayed.
Curtailed Kensington production to pick up for the rest of year
A six-month planned reduction in mining activity at the Kensington Gold Mine near Juneau should lead to lower operating costs. That’s according to Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation officials, who held an investor conference call today (Monday) to announce first quarter financial results.