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• Coeur d’Alene Mines moving to Chicago

  March 28, 2013 in Business, City on Page A5 Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. will move its global headquarters to Chicago this year, leaving no company presence in Idaho, where it incorporated in 1928. Coeur has 65 employees in the … 11

• Coeur d’Alene Mines moving head office to Chicago

  March 27, 2013 in Idaho Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. announced today it will move its headquarters to Chicago this year. 5

• Hecla gets a pass on tougher oversight

  March 21, 2013 in Business on Page A7 Federal mine safety officials will not impose tighter enforcement on the Lucky Friday Mine in Shoshone County after Hecla Mining Co. demonstrated it has made safety improvements there. The Mine …

• CdA Mines may move to Chicago

  December 21, 2012 in Business on Page A12 Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp., a North Idaho institution for more than eight decades, may move its headquarters to Chicago. Company officials broke the news Thursday to employees in the Coeur … 5

• Forest Service sees no harm in mining near St. Helens

  December 9, 2012 in City on Page B3 LONGVIEW, Wash. – A mining company can prospect for gold, copper and other minerals near Mount St. Helens, the U.S. Forest Service said. Drilling planned 12 miles north of the …

• Lucky Friday Mine to be tightly controlled

  November 29, 2012 in City on Page A8 When it resumes operations early next year, the Lucky Friday Mine in Shoshone County will be under tighter health and safety controls imposed by the federal government. The Mine Safety …

• Groups confront Idaho roadless rule

  November 18, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C11 A coalition of environmental groups filed arguments last week before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Portland in an ongoing effort to repeal the Idaho roadless rule and …

• Feds outline Silver Valley cleanup in N. Idaho

  November 12, 2012 in Idaho COEUR D’ALENE — The federal government has released its implementation plan for the first 10 years of a massive cleanup of a century’s worth of mining pollution in Idaho’s Silver … 2

• Hecla to reopen Lucky Friday

  November 7, 2012 in City on Page A15 Miners will return to the Lucky Friday Mine early next year, capping a yearlong shutdown at one of the Silver Valley’s largest private employers. Hecla Mining Co. said Tuesday it …

• Coeur d’Alene Mines posts loss, stock takes hit

  November 6, 2012 in Business Shares of Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. sank today after the company reported a net loss following lower production and sales of silver and gold. 3

• Hecla recalls workers to resume Lucky Friday mining

  November 6, 2012 in Business Hecla Mining Co. said today it expects to resume mining at the Lucky Friday Mine in the first quarter of 2013 and anticipates producing more than 2 million ounces of … 4

• Court: More info needed before company can mine

  October 31, 2012 in City on Page A10 A Spokane Valley company will need to secure a more detailed water quality permit to develop a silver and copper mine beneath Montana’s Cabinet Mountain Wilderness. The Montana Supreme Court …

• Montana court voids permit for Rock Creek Mine

  October 30, 2012 A Spokane Valley company has been dealt a setback in its effort to open a silver and copper mine beneath Montana’s Cabinet Mountain Wilderness. 4

• Out & About: Kid in driver’s seat for last youth hunt

  September 30, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 OUTGOING – Daniel Kuhta, 15 (pictured above), ended his career of participating in youth upland bird hunting seasons last Sunday with a limit of pheasants at the Fishtrap Lake area. …

• Heavy metal cleanup finishing

  September 15, 2012 in Health, Washington Voices on Page V1 The Washington State Department of Ecology is wrapping up the last of its planned heavy metals cleanup projects along the Spokane River. The projects, which started in 2006, are designed …

• Hecla acquires interest in Dolly Varden Silver Corp.

  August 22, 2012 in City on Page A10 Hecla Mining Co. announced Tuesday it has acquired an interest in Dolly Varden Silver Corp., a Canadian firm with silver mines in northwestern British Columbia. Coeur d’Alene-based Hecla paid $3.2 …

• Miner’s family still angry

  July 15, 2012 in City on Page B1 Mike Marek was rolling up his water hose, about to make the last wrap, when it happened. “Loud thuds like, ‘Vvoof, vvoof.’ And instantly it’s just dust,” he said. The … 4

• Lucky Friday Mine to start rehiring in July

  May 24, 2012 in Business, Idaho The closed Lucky Friday Mine in North Idaho will start rehiring workers in July and should have a full workforce by the end of the year. 1

• Ambitious investors may mine asteroids

  April 24, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — A group of high-tech tycoons wants to mine nearby asteroids, hoping to turn science fiction into real profits. The mega-million dollar-plan is to use commercially built robotic ships … 6

• Rockefeller: Congress must act on mine safety

  March 7, 2012 in Nation/World MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In light of a report on a deadly coal mine blast, some Democratic members of West Virginia’s congressional delegation say it’s time for Congress to stop delaying … 2

• Lucky Friday workers face year-long mine closure

  January 11, 2012 in Business, Idaho Hecla Mining Company said this morning that it would close the Lucky Friday silver mine for a year to clean its main shaft as required by federal regulators, a move … 7

• Mining deaths second-lowest in a century

  January 6, 2012 in Business, Region The number of U.S. mining deaths last year was the second-lowest reported since statistics were first recorded in 1910, the U.S. Department of Labor says.

• Lucky Friday miner dies from his injuries

  November 20, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 For the second time this year, a miner has died after sustaining injuries while working at Hecla Mining Co.’s Lucky Friday Mine. Brandon Lloyd Gray, 26, was critically injured Thursday … 1

• 2 miners injured in Lucky Friday Mine

  November 18, 2011 in Idaho Two miners were injured Thursday while working to expand the Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan, Idaho. One was hospitalized in critical condition, the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office said today in … 4

• Hecla agrees to Superfund settlement

    June 13, 2011 The largest mining company in Idaho’s Silver Valley will pay $263.4 million plus interest to settle one of the nation’s largest Superfund lawsuits — one of the top 10 such … 5

• Colville Tribes call Teck smelter study ‘deficient’

  May 15, 2011 in City on Page B3 Five years after a Canadian mining smelter agreed in a historic settlement to assess the impact of its pollution on U.S. waters, an American Indian tribe is calling the effort … 1

• Work resumes today at Lucky Friday Mine

  April 29, 2011 in Idaho, News The Lucky Friday Mine is back in operation, Hecla Mining Co. officials said today.

• Special digging machine arrives in Mullan to continue search for miner

  April 17, 2011 in Idaho, News Remote-controlled machine arrives at Lucky Friday mine to continue search for missing miner 2

• Efforts to rescue trapped miner continue

  April 17, 2011 in News Larry “Pete” Marek, 53, was trapped by debris when part of the mine’s ceiling collapsed in his work area at 5:30 p.m. Friday. Company officials have not been able to …

• Rescue crews dig for trapped miner at Lucky Friday Mine

  April 17, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 MULLAN, Idaho – Hecla Mining crews were still digging Saturday evening for a miner trapped more than a mile underground at the Lucky Friday Mine. Company officials Saturday continued to …

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