Nuclear container ship on the move
The world’s only nuclear-powered container ship, the “Sevmorput”, will conduct a two-way transit voyage across the Northern Sea Route this
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Business
Arctic Profile : Doing business in Finnish Lapland
Arctic Profiles is an occasional Eye on the Arctic series where we check in with different Arctic regions to
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Arctic offshore oil more than doubled in Russia
Russia’s Gazprom increased oil production at its Prirazlomnaya platform 2.5 times last year. The platform in the Pechora Sea in
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New low for Northern Sea Route
Only 40,000 tons of cargo was transported transit through the Russian Arctic route in 2015. And 75 percent of that
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Strong increase in Kola nickel production
The nickel plants in the Kola Peninsula now process more ore than the ones in Norilsk. Figures from Norilsk Nickel’s
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Chinese energy giant plans €1bn biofuel plant in northern Finland
The Chinese firm Kaidi announced that it wants to build a big biodiesel refinery in Kemi. Kaidi Finland’s CEO says
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Arctic Frontiers: Our 2016 coverage
Arctic Frontiers is among the world’s most closely watched conferences on northern issues. Each year, politicians, business leaders and scientists descend
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Arctic coal company needs support says Norway
Norway’s Government is asking Parliament to support Svalbard coal company Store Norske with loans and aid. Minister of Trade and
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Sanctions, low oil prices cost Russia $600 billion
The combined shock of financial sanctions and low oil prices will make Russia lose $600 billion in the period 2014-2017,
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Entrepreneurial burnout in North Finland
A new type of corporate barometer developed in the northwest region of Northern Ostrobothnia interviewed local business owners about the
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New wind power park planned for Arctic Norway
The Hamnefjell project will take advantage of rich Arctic winds to deliver an annual 186 GWh. The site is among
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Arctic shipping: The myths, the realities & the challenges ahead
TROMSO, Norway – Climate change and the effect of global warming on the North had many predicting a shipping bonanza
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How satellites are changing what we know, and can do, in the Arctic
TROMSO, Norway – Ask the average person what they might see in the Arctic from space and the answer would
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How an Arctic initiative by Canada has gone from being blasted by critics to praised by international politicians
TROMSO, Norway – When Canada announced the creation of an Arctic Economic Council during its most recent Arctic Council chairmanship (2013-2015), many
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Stop romanticizing Arctic development say indigenous leaders
TROMSO, Norway – Indigenous communities around the North are struggling economically and want development more than ever, as long as it’s done
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