Red Dog Mine owners sue borough over severance tax

The Delong Mountain Transportation System, financed by AIDEA, was opened in 1990 to serve the Red Dog Mine. It includes this 52-mile gravel industrial haul road from the mine to the port facility. (Photo: AIDEA)
A world-class zinc mine operating in northwest Alaska is suing the Northwest Arctic Borough, claiming the municipality has enacted an unfair severance tax.
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Teck Alaska Inc. claims the tax will double or triple payments by the Red Dog Mine to the borough.
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