JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took an unusually strong step Tuesday and blocked a proposed mine heralded by backers as the most significant undeveloped copper and gold ...

The decision to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s ecologically sensitive North Slope has the support of the state’s ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump reversed a Biden-era decision on a major mining operation in Alaska that will unleash critical minerals and an economic gold mine. Trump on Monday approved ...

A major mining company is pulling out of Western Alaska’s Donlin Gold project, selling most of its shares to a U.S. billionaire with a history of investing in gold. Barrick Gold Corp., a Canadian ...