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Feb 17, 2008
Usibelli ships coal to Chile power plants

Coal loads into train cars at the Usibelli Coal Mine in Healy in this 2007 photo. Usibelli has increased the number of coal shipments to Chile so that country can supply its power plants.


Usibelli Coal mines more Chile exports
A front-end loader scoops coal into a large dump truck at Usibelli Coal Mine in August. Usibelli is expanding its exports to Chile this year, and has good prospects for future export growth.


International Tower digs into new Alaska ore prospects
Vancouver, B.C.-based International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. is tackling some recently acquired gold, copper-gold and base metals prospects this summer as part of its $7.5 million exploration spending plan in Alaska this year.


Red Dog mine tightens belt, produces record profits
Five years ago, the world's largest zinc producer located in remote Northwest Alaska was struggling financially, an open-pit hard rock mine that was operating with double-digit losses.


Construction continues at troubled Rock Creek mine
The pace of construction work at the Rock Creek hard rock gold mine near Nome has quickened late this summer, an effort geared to enclose the main mill facility and heat it before colder temperatures hit the coastal area.


On-site laboratory used to monitor quality of coal, discharged water
Usibelli Coal Mine Inc. must treat all water discharged from mining areas to comply with the conditions of its permits. This includes water draining from active mining areas, as well as runoff water from recently reclaimed lands.


Usibelli has reclaimed more than 5,500 acres of mined land
Usibelli Coal Mine Inc. began reclamation work at its Healy mine several years before federal laws required it. The ultimate goal of reclamation is to reestablish a natural landscape on mined land.


Coeur, environmental groups to negotiate on Kensington
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. chairman, president and CEO Dennis Wheeler speaks at the weekly Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Aug. 30, at the Juneau Moose Lodge. Coeur has agreed to negotiate with environmental groups to get Kensington operations back on track.
 
 
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