Graphite One: Permitting process now requires Environmental Impact Statement rather than Environmental Assessment

Graphite One: Permitting process now requires Environmental Impact Statement rather than Environmental Assessment

By Diana Haecker */ The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District is pursuing a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement review rather than an Environmental Assessment in their permitting review for the proposed Graphite One mine on the northern slopes of the Kigluaik Mountain range. The news was announced on Thursday morning, in a joint statement from Native Village of Brevig Mission, Mary’s Igloo Traditional Council and the Native Villa…

Not so fast, US Army Corps tells Graphite One

Canadian mining company Graphite One was potentially months away from receiving the key federal permits it needed for a massive graphite mine on the Seward Peninsula. But a Thursday decision from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is adding a year to that timeline.  The Corps is the lead permitting agency on the project that would produce millions of tons of raw graphite, a key ingredient in batteries. It told Graphite One it now needs to complete…