Finnish company wants permit to discharge waste
The Talvivaara mining company in Finland has asked for permission to discharge an extra 820,000 cubic metres of waste water,
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Highway construction underway in Canadian Arctic
Construction is moving ahead on an Arctic highway in Canada’s Northwest Territories, despite the design being only 85 per cent
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Fire out at mine in Arctic Sweden
A fire at the LKAB mine in the city of Kiruna in Sweden’s Arctic has been put out. No one
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Finland’s Fennovoima negotiates with Russian company
The Finnish power consortium Fennovoima has entered into negotiations with Rossatom, the Russian nuclear company, over a new reactor planned
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Shale oil in Sahtu region of Northwest Territories, Canada
MGM says it won’t know if find is economically feasible until horizontal well is drilled An oil and gas company
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Fairbanks, Alaska Co-Op open for business
After six years, countless fundraising events and meticulous planning, the Fairbanks Co-Op Market has opened its doors to the Interior
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Voisey’s Bay underground mining deal reached
Vale, Premier Dunderdale reveal details on extending life of massive Labrador nickel find The Newfoundland and Labrador government and mining
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High-tech Arctic gear on horizon for Alaska oil workers?
Workers on Alaska’s North Slope may one day slip on a jacket that monitors their safety as they brave extreme
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Kaunisvaara mine secures funds to run till April
Mining company Northland says that it now has enough money to keep running its iron ore mine near Pajala, in
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Alaska Senate votes to slash taxes on North Slope oil producers
JUNEAU – With Alaska’s oil reserves and production declining, the state should cut taxes for oil companies in the hopes
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Shell drill rig Kulluk headed for Singapore
On March 9, the Royal Dutch Shell drillship Noble Discoverer left Seward, bound for Korea on the back of the
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Yukon, Canada’s Minto mine to move underground
Shift to underground operations expected to lengthen mine life to 2022 Owners of the Minto copper mine in Canada’s northwestern
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New Arctic exploration rules for Shell
A review by the U.S. Department of the Interior into Shell’s problematic 2012 Arctic drilling season has laid out some
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TMAC Resources buys Hope Bay gold project in Nunavut, Canada
Toronto-based TMAC resources says it has finalized the deal to buy Nunavut’s Hope Bay gold project from Newmont Mining Corp.
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Will Linc Energy tap billion-barrel oil field in Arctic Alaska?
Australian oil company officials say they’ve begun drilling within the eastern boundaries of the nation’s petroleum reserve in Alaska’s Arctic,
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