New mining project sets sights on Chukotka in Russia’s eastern Arctic
The KAZ Minerals will install four small-scale nuclear power stations on the Russian Arctic coast that are to serve one
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From dirty coal mining to protected land, Norway expands national park on Svalbard
Important to protect the Van Mijen fjord as sea ice provides habitat for seals and polar bears, says Minister of
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‘If not this, then what?’ Nunavut Government in arctic Canada says economy needs controversial mining expansion
Deputy minister tells NIRB expansion could also increase access to country food The government of Nunavut has painted a gloomy
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Mining companies in Nunavut, Canada defend environmental management despite stiff criticism
The environmental impacts of Nunavut’s two biggest mining companies are not being properly managed, according to Inuit hunters and organizations,
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Mining company never paid up for environmental damage in Canada’s Northwest Territories
A company that was ordered to pay three of the biggest financial penalties ever imposed by a Northwest Territories court
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Nunavut court grants mining company injunction against blockade protesters
A judge in Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut has granted Baffinland Iron Mines an injunction against a group of Indigenous
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Mining magnets: Arctic island finds green power can be a curse
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – In the tenth century, Erik the Red, a Viking from Iceland, was so impressed with the vegetation
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Canadian geologist raises questions about controversial Greenland mining project
As residents of five communities in southern Greenland gear up for public hearings about a proposed rare earths mining project
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Reducing emissions could create up to 3,000 new jobs in Arctic Sweden says mining group
LKAB, a state-owned mineral and mining group, wants to invest 400 billion kronor to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions through
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Greenland reexamining COVID-19 rules after cases surge in Denmark
Greenland’s home rule government is currently reexamining its COVID-19 related executive order after a surge of cases in Denmark and
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Canadian mining worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Northwest Territories
A presumptive case of COVID-19 at Northwest Territories’ Diavik Diamond Mine has been confirmed as positive. The N.W.T. Office of
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Conservation groups sue government over Alaska mining road
Conservation groups filed a lawsuit challenging a right-of-way permit through the Northwest Alaska wilderness for an industrial road to the
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Lack of tourism, impact on mining unclear: how is northwestern Canada coping with COVID-19?
This story is part of The COVID Economy, a CBC News series looking at how the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic is
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Swedish company LKAB targets emission-free iron ore mining around 2030
Europe’s largest iron ore producer aims at replacing all diesel-powered mining machines with electric ones at the underground mines in
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Arctic Canada: Nunavut mining companies confirm no COVID-19 cases, as concerns rise
There are no suspected or confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, at the Meliadine Mine outside of Rankin Inlet,
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