Construction delayed on Yukon, Canada mine
Victoria Gold Corporation says it will push back the start of construction on its Eagle Gold project in Canada’s northwestern
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Barges deliver energy savings to rural Alaska
An electric cooperative looking to combat high energy prices in rural Alaska villages has reduced the costs of transporting fuel
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Geologists to test mineral exploration by air in Nunavut, Canada
Federal geologists are planning to test a new method of mineral exploration this summer in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of
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Arctic shipping to play bigger role in Canada
A transportation expert is calling Arctic shipping one of the main global challenges facing Canada and its eastern Arctic territory
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China expert warns Alaska: Be wary of pipeline dreams
At a clean energy conference in Anchorage Thursday, Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell got a stern dose of skepticism about the
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Finland utilities told ‘burn wood, lower emissions’
Using more wood and scraps would create jobs and lower the trade deficit, argue two associations. Imported coal should be
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New leadership for Shell’s Arctic operations
Four months after a Royal Dutch Shell drillship ran aground in Alaska, raising questions about the company’s offshore drilling operations,
Read moreMining claims made in Finland’s nature parks
Rising prices for precious metals are boosting interest in Finland’s potential mineral wealth. The number and extent of prospecting claims
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Crowley, UIC form venture in Arctic
Long time marine transport providers Crowley Marine Services and Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation or UIC Bowhead have formed a joint venture
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Company shutters camp at Nunavut mine
Elgin Mining has shut down its camp at Nunavut’s Lupin gold mine site in Canada’s eastern Arctic blaming falling gold
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Mine in Sweden’s Arctic back from the brink
The Canadian-owned mining company Northland Resources has secured long term financing for one of Europe’s largest iron ore mines in
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Reindeer husbandry falters in Finland
Declining sales, losses to predators and growing production costs are making the business of raising reindeer increasingly unprofitable in Finland.
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Repsol finds oil on Alaska’s North Slope
JUNEAU — Spanish major oil company Repsol struck oil three times at three exploration wells the company drilled this winter
Read morePipeline to Arctic mulled by Alberta, Canada
The government of Canada’s province of Alberta is looking at yet another pipeline option to get its oil to market
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Mine cleanup costs could grow, Canada
The federal government has confirmed that the Giant Mine cleanup in Yellowknife will cost Canadian taxpayers close to a billion
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