Eyeing copper, mining giant BHP returns to Alaska

By: Max Graham, Anchorage Press

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: September 14, 2026

Words: 843

Last Updated: 3 days, 21 hours ago

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The world’s largest mining company is back in Alaska.

More than a decade after abandoning a search for coal in the western Arctic, Australia-based BHP quietly staked new mineral claims this summer in a remote part of Southcentral Alaska — with an eye for copper.

The company, which owns huge iron, coal and copper mines around the world, also conducted sampling and …

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