Biden officials issue permit for Perpetua’s Idaho antimony-gold mine
The move is aimed at offsetting China's near-total market control of a metal used widely across the defense and energy sectors.
Photo of the Minto mine courtesy of Capstone Mining Corp.
A recent bump in the price of copper has Yukon’s only operating mine looking to bring back some laid-off workers. The Minto copper mine closed all of its open-pit mining operations on Oct. 1, meaning that 58 employees contracted through Pelly Construction Ltd. were laid off.
