The Pebble Blog

The gigantic Pebble copper and gold prospect in Southwest Alaska is one of the touchiest topics in Alaska today.

In this blog, I'll track news that is significant or interesting about the Pebble project. I'll also try to generate discussion and information sharing about some of the claims and counterclaims about the project, and mining in general.

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About Elizabeth Bluemink ebluemink@adn.com

I've been writing about mining in Alaska since 2004 and without a doubt, it is one of the most interesting topics that I cover at the Daily News. I've been a newspaper reporter for the past 10 years. In the Deep South, I specialized in reporting about environmental conflicts and pollution cleanups. For two years, I covered commercial fishing, mining and logging in Southeast Alaska. In my current job as a Daily News business reporter, I write about mining, tourism, Native corporations and other businesses.


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Pebble doles out grant money - 11/9/2009 4:41 pm

Hardrock mineral exploration, 07-09 statistics - 11/9/2009 2:12 pm

Diocese takes stance on water pollution - 10/23/2009 6:21 pm

Lots of Pebble-related news - 10/23/2009 5:02 pm

Pebble poll results - 9/22/2009 9:57 am

Pebble Update - 9/21/2009 1:06 pm

Supreme Court on Ballot Measure 4 - 9/18/2009 4:40 pm

Polling on Pebble - 9/18/2009 1:01 pm

Anglo exec moves up Forbes' most powerful women list - 8/19/2009 9:16 pm

Federal regulators give nod to Kensington - 8/14/2009 4:06 pm

Sockeye salmon meltdown - 8/13/2009 4:27 pm

Vacationing at old copper mines - 8/13/2009 2:19 pm

Maintaining water for fish - 8/10/2009 1:44 pm

Bicycling against Pebble - 8/7/2009 7:13 pm

Anglo profits slide - 8/1/2009 4:34 pm

Pebble says no dumping in Iliamna Lake - 7/30/2009 11:38 am

Pebble lawsuit: the cutting room floor - 7/30/2009 9:48 am

State rebuffs petition to dismiss charges against mine proponents - 7/28/2009 5:09 pm

Feds review new financial assurances for mines - 7/22/2009 6:27 pm

Anglo American has new chairman - 7/22/2009 3:40 pm

Pebble Blog lives again - 7/22/2009 3:20 pm

Pebble Blog on hiatus - 7/10/2009 11:09 am

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Obama's mining jobs

Posted by Elizabeth Bluemink

Posted: February 4, 2009 - 1:58 pm

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Thousands of mining jobs have been lost worldwide over the past few months due to the huge decline in commodity prices. So far, Alaska mines seem to be holding steady but exploration projects are facing big cutbacks. We should find out relatively soon about whether the Pebble project's budget will be crimped.

With all the discussion about a stimulus plan in Congress I thought I'd look to see whether anyone had analyzed the impact of the stimulus on mining jobs.

Sure enough, last month, some of President Obama's economic advisors published an analysis of the impact of his proposed $600 billion stimulus plan, by employment sector.

On page nine of the analysis they said the stimulus would create 26,000 mining jobs. The report doesn't provide much detail about those projected jobs, though.

Of course the stimulus plan now being debated in Congress has inflated well beyond $600 billion.


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