Time to panic about sinking Alaska oil prices?
With the 49th state’s economic health harnessed to the oil industry, Alaskans are no strangers to wild fiscal rides. But
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New company looks to develop coal on Ellesmere Island
Canada Coal plans to spend $15M on two years of exploration A new company, Canada Coal, has started an exploration
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New data suggests continued growth of Alaska oil jobs
A new manufacturing directory says Alaska’s oil-and-gas workforce expanded 5 percent over the last year to 9,062 employees, a sign
Read moreSelwyn downsizes plans for Yukon lead-zinc mine
Lowered daily production target could mean longer mine life Plans for a massive lead-zinc mine near the Yukon–Northwestern Territories border
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New interactive map details Alaska mining boom
Only a handful of operating mines exist in Alaska, but with the price of gold and other metals booming, more
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Inuit businesswomen network to be set up in Iqaluit, Canada
Network aims to link new and established entrepreneurs A network to help women in business is being launched by Pauktuutit
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Point Thomson, Alaska headed back to court yet again?
The long-running war with Exxon Mobil Corp. over one of the nation’s most valuable oil and gas fields may be
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Arctic cruises need more information – report
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is calling on the coast guard to release more information to those plying Arctic
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Demonstrators protest against Talvivaara mine in Finland
Demonstrators in the Kainuu region of east Finland have staged protests against the operations of the Talvivaara mining company on
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ConocoPhillips earned about $7 million a day on Alaska oil during first quarter
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell is bound and determined to give a huge tax break to Alaska’s major oil companies because
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Rig purchase bodes well for oil and gas potential in Alaska’s Cook Inlet
Hoping to capitalize on overlooked oil and gas riches in Cook Inlet, an Australian firm says it will acquire a
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Revenue tussle ices Arctic oil drilling safety upgrades
Shortly after a new report hammered Congress for not improving drilling safety two years after the nation’s worst oil spill,
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Oil tax battle rages in Alaska
The Alaska Legislature, perpetually torn for years now over whether the state’s taxing its lifeblood industry too much, adjourned Sunday
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Feature Interview: Diamond mining in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Eye on the Arctic co-ordinating producer Levon Sevunts has recently returned from a trip to Canada’s Northwest Territories to research
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Talvivaara plant in Finland closed until further notice
The Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (TUKES) has forced the metals plant at the Talvivaara mine to remain closed until
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