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The Red Dog mine is a large zinc and lead mine in a remote region of Alaska, about 80 miles (130 km) north of Kotzebue, which is operated by the Canadian mining company Teck Resources on land owned by the NANA Regional Corporation.
The Red Dog Mine CDP derives its name from the Red Dog mine, the United States' largest source for zinc [4] and a significant source of lead and germanium. [5] Construction of the Red Dog mine began in 1987, after exploration revealed that the area was rich in metals.
In 2019, 552,400 tonnes of zinc, 71 percent of US mined zinc production, and 4.2 percent of world zinc production, came from Teck Resources' Red Dog mine, the world's most productive zinc mine, in northwest Alaska, near Kotzebue. [2] [3] [1] The mine opened in 1989. [4] The zinc is shipped as concentrate to foreign smelters.
Red Dog mine. Northwest Arctic Region of Alaska. Zinc mine on NANA-owned land; operated in partnership with Teck Alaska. Many of NANA's companies and partners provide services for the mine, such as facilities management, housekeeping and food service.
Canadian miner Teck Resources, which produces germanium as a byproduct at its Red Dog zinc mine in Alaska and is the only supplier of the metal in North America, told Reuters it was studying ...
Red Dog Airport (IATA: RDB, ICAO: PADG, FAA LID: DGG) is a private-use airport located at Red Dog Mine, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is privately owned by the NANA (Northwest Arctic Native Association) Regional Corporation. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 2/20 which measures 6,312 x 100 ft. (1,924 x 30 m). [1]
Teck Resources (NYSE:TECK), one of Canada's leading mining companies, has announced a new business structure to accelerate its transition into a pure-play energy transition metals company.
In 2007, the company's Red Dog mine operation in north-western Alaska has been ranked by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as one of the most polluting facilities in the United States based on output tonnage of toxic waste, largely (over 99%) in the form of blasted and moved, but otherwise unprocessed, waste rock from mining operations.