MLA worried hydro expansion in Northern Canada is ‘subsidy’ for mining project
A Yellowknife, Northwest Territories MLA is questioning whether a proposed transmission line connecting Whatì, N.W.T., to the Snare Forks hydroelectric
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Can the environment withstand Arctic Russia’s coal mining boom?
Climate crisis and environmental concern notwithstanding, Russia says it aims for a big dig of the carbon-rich rock. Much of
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Canada announces $2M for research into carbon neutral mining in the Northwest Territories
The Canadian government is investing millions in a Northwest Territories-based research project that has the potential to make some mining
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Citizens’ initiative to reform mining law heads to Finnish Parliament
A citizen’s initiative to reform Finland’s mining law has received 50,000 signatures, meaning that the proposal now qualifies for consideration
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Mining boom to drive economic growth in northern territories beyond rest of Canada, report says
Economic growth in the territories will outpace the rest of Canada over the next two years, driven by the strength
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Finnish company joins mining project in Russian High Arctic
Mining technology company Outotec will take part in the development of the Pavlovsky zinc and lead mine in Novaya Zemlya,
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Alaska: Mining opponents ask for investigation into Pebble’s parent company
Two groups hoping to stop the Pebble Mine, in southcentral Alaska, are asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate
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Canada’s northern territories among world’s most attractive mining regions for investors, survey says
Canada’s northern territories are among the most attractive jurisdictions in the world to mining companies, according to the latest annual
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Stricter mining regulations and oversight needed in the Arctic, Finnish report says
A new report has called for closer and broader regulation of mining activity in the Arctic region. The authors of
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Mining waste dump project in Norwegian fjord worries Russia
Norway’s go-ahead to a controversial copper mine in Repparfjord on the Barents Sea coast causes pollution concerns for maritime environment
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Northern Canadian territory tables mining act requiring benefit agreements with Indigenous govs
The Northwest Territories government, in Canada’s central Arctic, says more accountability on negotiations between industry and Indigenous governments is a
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Mining company boosts spending to lobby U.S. government for contested Alaska project
Pebble Limited Partnership spent more than $1 million last year to lobby the U.S. government on its plan to dig
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Northern Canada: Northwest Territories gov, mining company sign agreement on benefits of proposed mine
A proposed mine in the Northwest Territories (Canada’s central Arctic) is closer to reality after a socio-economic agreement was signed
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Dozens of northern leaders attending mining conference on Canada’s West Coast
Dozens of leaders from across the North are in Vancouver, British Columbia this week for one of the country’s largest
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Canada: chamber of mines says mining industry in Northwest Territories ‘will die’ without investment
The City of Yellowknife, in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), was given a grim update on the state of the territory’s
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