Climate change is straining Alaska’s Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink

In Northwest Alaska, a proposed 211-mile mining road has divided an Inupiaq community already devastated by climate change.

Takeaways from AP’s report on potential impacts of Alaska’s proposed Ambler Access Road

A proposed mining road in Northwest Alaska has sparked debate amid climate change impacts. The 211-mile Ambler Access Road ...
Alaska Public Media

Southcentral Alaska mining prospect in national park presents familiar conflict, with a twist

The Johnson Tract sits on Native corporation land, surrounded by Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, about 120 miles ...
Yahoo

America needs antimony for weapons and solar panels. The mining industry is looking to Alaska.

A chunk of stibnite, which contains more than 70% antimony, from Felix Gold's Treasure Creek project near Fairbanks. (Photo by Max Graham/Northern Journal) Alaska’s next hard-rock mine might not ...
Penn Live

Trump approves Alaska mining road to boost copper, zinc production

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday ordered approval of a proposed 211-mile road through an Alaska wilderness to allow mining of copper, cobalt, gold and other minerals. The ...
MINING.COM

Southeast Alaska Tribes sue BC government over mining projects in province’s northwest

They claim the government failed to consult its 14 member tribes on major mining projects proposed in the headwaters of the ...
Inside Climate News

In Canada’s ‘Silicon Valley’ of Mining, Speculators Power a Hunt for Alaska’s Minerals

This story was published in partnership with Northern Journal and is the first in a two-story series. VANCOUVER, British Columbia—On a January evening, dozens of people crammed into a banquet space at ...