Owners of Nunavut, Canada’s first diamond mine deserted site
Shear Diamonds’ website gone and phones disconnected The owners of the first and only diamond mine in Canada’s eastern Arctic
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More people hitting the slopes in Finland’s North
Cabin bookings for the ski holiday break are up since last year. The three weeks from February 18 to March
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Minister meets top brass at troubled Finnish mine
Heidi Hautala, the minister with responsibility for state ownership, met with senior management at the Talvivaara nickel mine in eastern
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Study names Nome and Port Clarence, Alaska as best region for deep water Arctic port
Alaska’s long held dream of an Arctic deep water port has moved one step closer to reality. The U.S. Army
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Airbus cold-weather tests new engine in Canada’s eastern Arctic
Engine will power the new A350 passenger jet European aircraft manufacturer Airbus is in Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada’s
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Mine in eastern Finland to lay off workers
Mining company Talvivaara in eastern Finland says it’s laying off 184 workers between February and June. The firm says no
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Cheaper electricity this winter in Sweden: Analyst
Two winters ago rising electricity prices in Sweden hit consumers hard, but this year electricity is 40 percent cheaper, even
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State officials say Alaska’s Cook Inlet may have enough natural gas to avert crisis
JUNEAU — Cook Inlet may have plenty of natural gas for years to come, Alaska officials are telling lawmakers. “There’s
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Will the shale-oil revolution sink Shell’s Arctic ambitions?
Perhaps more important than the clamour of environmentalists, the grandstanding of politicians, or the blunders of Royal Dutch Shell‘s own making
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Hazy forecast for Alaska’s economy
Alaska’s economy weathered the Great Recession better than most states, and should hold steady for the foreseeable future. But depending
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Shell’s troubled rig won’t leave Kodiak bay until tanner crab season ends
Wednesday at noon, Kodiak Island fishermen will drop their pots into the water of outer Kiliuda Bay, hoping to bag
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US environmental body cites Shell for air-quality permit violations on Kulluk, Noble Discoverer
While Royal Dutch Shell’s recovery effort on the once-beached Kulluk drilling rig proceeds quietly, the Environmental Protection Agency is sounding
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Company puts off port and railway construction for Arctic Canadian mine project
Plans to use Milne Inlet to ship ore seasonally Baffinland Iron Mines is now proposing a phased approach to its
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Review of Alaska Native corporations raises accountability questions
A federal review questions whether shareholders of Alaska Native corporations are getting the information they need to guide the corporations
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Several probes will examine Alaska drill rig accident– and other Shell problems
As Unified Command descends on the once-beached Kulluk, combing the drilling rig for clues about its structural integrity and answers
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