Red Dog Mine
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Within these pages are words, images and the facts about Red Dog Mine. Together they tell our story, and we are pleased to share it with you.

 true alaskan partnership 

In operation since 1989, Red Dog Mine is a zinc-lead mine located in Northwest Alaska, near Kotzebue, and is the world’s largest producer of zinc concentrate.

The mine was developed under an innovative operating agreement between the NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. (NANA), a Native corporation owned by the Inupiat people of Northwest Alaska, and Teck Cominco Alaska Incorporated, a U.S. subsidiary of Teck Cominco Limited, a diversified mining company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Teck Cominco Limited is a significant producer of copper, zinc, metallurgical coal and specialty metals, and has interests in several oil sands development assets.

Red Dog Mine upholds the highest environmental standards and we are committed to the communities in which we operate, while providing Alaskans and Alaska’s Native people with economic benefits and opportunities.

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Red Dog TV Commercial May 13, 2008
This is Our Land TV Spot
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news 

April 7, 2008
Hearing postponed: Officials disappointed about missed opportunity to get the facts out confirming that Red Dog is protecting downstream water quality. 
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February 22, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lists Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Report - Red Dog Environmental Superintendent Offers Pro-Active Educational Outreach On The Issue
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November 29, 2007
Red Dog Risk Assessment Concludes Subsistence Foods are Safe to Eat - Teck Cominco Alaska committed to further risk management measures read more


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