FILE - Workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma, on July 13, 2007. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a decision Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, that would block plans for the proposed Pebble Mine, a copper and gold project in southwest Alaska. (AP Photo/Al Grillo ...
Bethel resident Bev Hoffman, a Pebble opponent, participates in a rally on Oct. 19, 2023, against the Donlin Gold mine and other resource-extraction projects. Hoffman is a longtime community ...
Mining & Processing Tailings Storage Water Management Transportation Route Port Facilities Power & Pipeline ... January 31, 2023 — "Today's action by the EPA to preemptively veto the proposed Pebble Project is unlawful and unprecedented. For well over a decade, we have argued that fair treatment under the rules and regulations of the U.S ...
The proposed Pebble mine feels like that pebble in Alaska's collective neoprene boot right now. ... Bay's future, but that changed in January 2023 when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prohibited large-scale mining projects like Pebble in the Bristol Bay watershed.
"The proposed mine for the Pebble project would provide good-paying, year-round employment for thousands of Alaskans, something desperately needed in southwest Alaska," the company has said.
The Pebble Mine represents an important economic opportunity for the region, and we're committed to making the most positive local impact we can.Not just during the construction phase, but for the lifetime of the mine and beyond.Pebble promises jobs, and on-the-job-training, to area residents. Good-paying jobs that will help families to remain in their communities and raise-up …
The Pebble Project is a copper-gold-molybdenum porphyry deposit in the advanced exploration stage of development. The project is located on state land in the Bristol Bay …
It only produces half as much metal for sale as the smallest mine plan economic evaluation which is publicly available (Wardrop, 2011, Preliminary Assessment of the Pebble Project).
Published & Edited By MARY KAUFFMAN . October 30, 2019 Wednesday PM (SitNews) Washington, D. C. - Six witnesses opposing the Pebble Mine Project and Pebble Partnership CEO Tom Collier appeared before the US Congressional Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure's Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment …
State of Alaska and industry groups strongly object to the EPA's unprecedented and action to veto mining on the land where the Pebble Project is located in Southwest Alaska US EPA completes administrative review and announces …
There is no reason to mine Pebble with a mega open pit with surface waste dumps and a huge tailings pond. It can be mined with improved economic benefits from underground leaving a 100-150m Crown ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday morning that it is effectively killing the controversial Pebble mine project in Southwest Alaska.
October 23, 2019 Chairs DeFazio, Napolitano Statements from Hearing on Pebble Mine Project. Washington, D.C. — The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) during …
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."
The Pebble Mine project has the potential to fulfill all of those needs; however, as currently proposed, the project could have substantial environmental impacts within the unique Bristol Bay ...
"EPA has now asserted its 'veto power' to kill a mining project in Bristol Bay at the Pebble deposit, which is the largest gold- and copper-ore deposit in the world. If EPA had not exercised its unbounded discretion to veto the project, mine development would have continued."
E.P.A. Blocks Long-Disputed Mine Project in Alaska. The move to ban disposal of mining wastes near the site of the proposed Pebble mine, made under the Clean Water Act, protects a valuable salmon ...
Mining company Anglo American Plc and Northern Dynasty agree to form a 50/50 joint venture to develop Pebble. February 2008 Major jewelry companies, including Tiffany & Co, come out against the Pebble project, citing concerns over how the …
20 rowsThis document is the final environmental impact statement for the Pebble Project, a proposed surface mine for a prospect that is principally a copper deposit with significant …
After years of widespread industry, environmental, Tribal, recreational, and local opposition to the Pebble Mine project, the Biden administration has implemented the strongest protections available under current federal law to conserve the region's robust natural resources — upon which so many depend.
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Mary Peltola (AK-AL) introduced the Bristol Bay Protection Act, new legislation that would codify a 2023 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to veto the Pebble Mine – a proposed copper-gold-molybdenum mining project in the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska – under Clean Water Act section ...
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / June 26, 2024 / Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX:NDM)(NYSE American:NAK) ("Northern Dynasty" or the "Company") reports that Iliamna Natives Limited ("INL") and Alaska Peninsula Corporation (""), two Alaska Native Village corporations representing communities closest to the Pebble Project ("Pebble"), have filed …
The Pebble Project's tonnes, grade, metallurgy and geometry have the potential to support a modern, long-life mine, subject to permitting. This is supported by the results of an …
The end of the road for Alaska's Pebble Mine project. South-western Alaska's Pebble deposit holds world-class resources of copper, gold, silver, rhenium and more, but the project to develop it has been mired in controversy in …
After a decades-long controversy, the Biden administration took a rare step this week to stop the giant Pebble copper and gold mine in Southwest Alaska. But observers of the project say the fight...
A two-decades old proposal to mine those ores, called the Pebble project, has been supported by some Alaskan lawmakers and Native groups for the economic benefits it would bring, but opposed by ...
In January 2023, we celebrated the EPA's prohibition of large-scale mining project s like Pebble in the Bristol Bay watershed. The EPA's "Final Determination" prevents a large-scale mine from being developed at the Pebble deposit due to the mine's impacts on Bristol Bay's people, waters, and wildlife. The protections prohibited or ...
Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd holds the rights to the Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska. The mine is the largest copper, gold, and molybdenum deposit in the world. However, the deposits are situated under the world's most profitable and sustainable salmon fishery which supports many impoverished Native Alaskan communities who rely on the fish for their …
we are here today to focus on the Pebble Mine project. Let me begin by asking unanimous consent that the chair be authorized to declare recesses during today's hearing. Without objection, so or-dered. Today's hearing is very important with significant impact to the Nation. While the topic of the Pebble Mine project may seem local
PLP CEO: Comments Regarding Litigation Filed Against the EPA over Pebble Actions. March 15, 2024 — "We are filing litigation to fully contest the EPA's unprecedented and unlawful actions against the Pebble Project.
First Quantum Minerals and Northern Dynasty have announced that the companies have terminated a 2017 framework accord to develop the controversial project.