Conoco adds rigs to Alaska operations
Oil rigs usually do their work in obscurity, but the two that ConocoPhillips hopes will help boost production on the
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Finland: Varma & its Talvivaara holdings
Finnish pension insurer Varma has further lessened its holdings in the beleagured Talvivaara mining company. At the end of October
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Demand for reindeer meat up in Finland
Finnish reindeer producers had to turn down a German order for the meat from 100,000 animals this autumn, because there
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Finland: Talvivaara restructure snubbed by major zinc producer
The world’s largest zinc producer, Swiss company Nyrstar, has been revealed as the latest creditor to refuse to back the
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ConocoPhillips’ next move west on Alaska’s North Slope may stir controversy
Now that development is underway at what will be the North Slope’s westernmost oil field, ConocoPhillips is looking even farther
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No crisis funding for Finnish mining company; restructuring to proceed
The struggling Finnish mining company Talvivaara announced Thursday that stakeholders decided not to foot the 40 million-euro bill for a
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Finnish mining company Talvivaara asks for debt secrecy
The troubled Finnish mining firm Talvivaara wants to keep its debts secret. New documents filed at a district court as
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Shell details plans for drilling in Chukchi Sea off Alaska
Shell plans to drill five wells over several years at its Burger prospect in the Chukchi Sea, according to a
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Fisheries and Oceans raises turbot quota in Canada’s eastern Arctic
The Nunavut fishery industry will be able to take advantage of a 1,500 tonne increase in the total allowable turbot
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Finland: Talvivaara bankruptcy would directly eliminate 1,600 jobs says CEO
Talvivaara CEO Pekka Perä said Friday that bankruptcy of his group would throw 1,600 people in the production chain out
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Finland: More partners pull out of Fennovoima nuclear project
The consortium of Finnish power companies backing a planned nuclear power plant in Pyhäjoki, western Finland is shrinking. Some 15
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Ex-commissioner calls for Alaska energy mega-projects analysis, and ‘call bluff’ on North Slope gasline
With Alaska’s government now in the red but still blowing hundreds of millions of dollars on multiple energy mega-projects, it’s
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Norwegian company looks to Alaska for Arctic shipping port
A Norwegian shipping company is considering using a yet-to-be-determined Western Alaska port as a hub for growing commerce in the
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Dangerous substances transported on Finland’s main roads
Finnish main roads, sea lanes and railways are used to transport notable quantities of hazardous substances, primarily oil and oil
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Poverty, inequality rising in Canada’s eastern Arctic
If you live in the community of Resolute Bay in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, it’s likely you have
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