Kinross donates $1 million to UAF for mining research

Kinross Fort Knox is donating nearly $1 milprices stone crusher machinelion to support mining engineering research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the company announced today.

Kinross, which operates a gold mine north of Fairbanks, is contributing the money to a newly founded endowment that will fund graduate research projects. Doug, Goering, the dean of the UAF College of Engineering and Mines, said the projects will focus on real-word mining challenges, particularly focused on work in Arctic conditions. “Our goal is to be more engaged with the industry — to solve real problems,” Goering said. Kinross announced that it will contribute $990,000 to UAF during the next three years. The endowment was established...