Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD) said Tuesday it agreed to sell its 50% stake in the Donlin Gold project in Alaska to affiliates of ...

The "Alaska" part of the name is rumored to be a reference to the United States' purchase of Alaska in 1867 (and was possibly Ranhofer making fun of this political move), although there's little ...

A pipeline, gas processing plant on the North Slope and plant to liquify the gas for export at Nikiski come at an estimated, ...

Two years after Secretary of State William Seward had brokered the purchase of Alaska from Russia, U.S. leaders suspected the British trading post at Fort Yukon might be located on American soil.

Private developer gains majority stake from state-owned entity to build planned 20-million-tonne-per-year export terminal ...

1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million, a deal ridiculed by critics as “Seward’s Folly.” ...

Following are extracts from five publications that show a range of response to the purchase. 1895 Map of Alaska. Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas. "Russia has sold us a sucked orange. Whatever may be the ...

The Greenlandic broadcasting corporation said satirically on Tuesday that the government of the autonomous territory, which belongs to Denmark, is planning to purchase the US state of Alaska.