EPA admits to spending over $2 million on Pebble Mine assessment
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is under fire for spending $2.4 million in reviewing the proposed open-pit copper and gold Pebble Mine in southwest Alaska, The Daily Caller reports. The...
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Northern Dynasty share price rises 12% as company officially reclaims 100% of...
With Anglo American (LON:AAL) officially out of the Alaskan Pebble Project, Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSE:NDM) has re-acquired full control of the proposed mine. Diversified mining giant Anglo...
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Rio considers dumping stake in Pebble mine’s owner Northern Dynasty
Global miner Rio Tinto (ASX,LON: RIO) revealed Monday it is contemplating the sale of its 19.1% stake in Canada's Northern Dynasty (TSX:NDM), the sole owner of the undeveloped Pebble copper-gold...
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EPA stands by claim that Pebble mine would harm Bristol Bay wildlife, economy
Bristol Bay salmon | Photo from EPA report The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its final assessment on how mining would impact the Bristol Bay area of Alaska, where miner Northern...
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Northern Dynasty tanks as EPA blocks issuance of key permit
EPA fears mining will endanger Bristol Bay's sockeye salmon population Update: Northern Dynasty has issued a response to the EPA's announcement. Read it here. Northern Dynasty's (TSE:NDM) share price...
View ArticlePoliticians decry EPA's move toward a 'premature veto' on Pebble mine
Two US politicians have publicly denounced the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to, for the time being, block the issuance of a key mining permit for the controversial Pebble Mine –...
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Rio Tinto walks away from massive Pebble copper-gold project
Opponents to the project had long argued it could jeopardize the pristine environment of U.S. biggest salmon fishery. Global miner Rio Tinto (LON, ASX:RIO) said on Monday it is pulling out of the...
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EPA sued over process that could block Pebble Mine in Alaska
EPA has warned the mine can cause "irreversible harm" to Bristol Bay's salmon fishery, and fish-eating wildlife. A group seeking to develop a massive copper-gold mine near the headwaters of a...
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Alaska to join Pebble Partnership in lawsuit against EPA over mine project
Bristol Bay region in Southwest Alaska | Image by Nick Hall, Bristol Bay Alliance. The State of Alaska has decided to join a group seeking to develop a massive copper-gold mine by Bristol Bay in a...
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Pebble Mine may be blocked by 'sparingly used' regulation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to invoke a little used provision that may block Pebble Mine from being built. On Friday the EPA said that it is seeking comment on issuing...
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Will the KSM project suffer the same fate as Pebble?
Tsimshian mask displayed in the Louvre. Image from Wikimedia. A Canadian junior miner planning to build a massive open pit gold, copper, silver and molybdenum mine in northern British Columbia may have...
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Northern Dynasty scores temporary win in battle against EPA
Bristol Bay area. (Courtesy of the EPA) After weeks of heated debate the U.S. federal court in Alaska has said it won’t rule on the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempt to use a regulatory...
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Alaska’s Pebble mine scores win after court orders EPA to back off
The area where Pebble mine would be built, according to its proponents. A U.S. federal judge has temporarily blocked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from taking action against a massive...
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Two years of emails from EPA employee responsible for Pebble mine rejection...
The area where Pebble mine would be built, 320 km southwest of Anchorage, within the Bristol Bay watershed. (Image courtesy of Northern Dynasty Minerals) A government probe into the US Environmental...
View ArticleEPA accused of collusion after staffer admits he aided Pebble Mine foes
Phil North was no fan of the proposed Pebble Mine, so when he was asked in 2010 to offer feedback on a draft petition urging the Environmental Protection Agency to kill the project, he pitched in with...
View ArticleNorthern Dynasty stock hammered by short-seller report
Shares in Canadian miner Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX:NDM) fell Tuesday as much as 40% in Toronto after a short-seller’s report said its Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska was “worthless.” While...
View ArticleNorthern Dynasty slams short-seller report as class-suit looms
Canada’s Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX:NDM) (NYSEMKT:NAK), the company behind a vast, but stalled copper-gold project in Alaska, slammed Friday a short-seller’s report that claims the firm lied about...
View ArticleAlaska approves key permit for Pebble copper-gold mine, with conditions
Shares in Canadian miner Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX:NDM) were soaring Wednesday morning following Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) approval of a long-awaited land-use permit that...
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EPA, Northern Dynasty settle dispute over Pebble mine
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Canada’s Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX:NDM) put an end Friday to a long-dragged dispute over the federal agency’s decision to block construction of the...
View ArticleNorthern Dynasty announces Pebble Project advisory committee
Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX: NDM; NYSE MKT: NAK) ("Northern Dynasty" or the "Company") reports that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Alaska-based Pebble Limited Partnership ("Pebble Partnership" or...
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