U.S. EPA to issue final rule blocking Alaska's Pebble Mine project

Northern Dynasty Minerals

30/01/2023 21:50

Jan 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency plans to block Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd's  NDM.TO 
proposed Pebble copper and gold mining project in Alaska by
preventing the company from storing mine waste in the region's
vast watershed. 
    The proposed mine would have an "unacceptable and adverse
effects on certain salmon fishery areas" in Alaska's Bristol
Bay, the agency plans to announce on Tuesday.
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Groom; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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