First train crosses new bridge to western side of Kola Bay in Arctic Russia
It is a historical moment for Murmansk, regional governor Andrei Chibis underlined as Vladimir Putin declared the new infrastructure object
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Putin in Arkhangelsk: Arctic industry and infrastructure on agenda
The Russian ruler gathered the governors of all Arctic regions for a talk about big projects. Among them is a
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Norway outlines powerful electrification of its North
Major investments in renewables, new power lines and emission cuts are to set stage for an industrial revival of the
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Floating LNG platform : big advance for Russia’s expansive Arctic industry
It was a historical moment for Novatek and the Russian natural gas industry. Six years after construction started on the
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New Arctic industry gives boost in icy shipments
Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreakers made a total of 435 ship escort operations in the first half of 2023. New industrial projects
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N.W.T. MLAs get glimpse of future remediation work, and question how northerners will benefit
What will life look like in the Northwest Territories, after the mines? There are more than 500 sites in the
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Feds extend restrictions on Arctic offshore drilling
A federal suspension of Arctic oil and gas work was set to lift in 2023, but the government of Canada
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Industry boom means more teachers needed in northern Sweden
Major industrial projects in the north of Sweden have led to a lack of teaching staff in schools. To meet
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US takes aim at some Trump offshore safety rule rollbacks
The U.S. Department of the Interior said Monday that it wants to reverse some Trump administration rollbacks of offshore safety
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Canada’s Northwest Territories needs user-friendly public registry for oil and gas, says MLA
‘[It’s] virtually impossible to get any coherent information on specific oil and gas holdings’ The N.W.T. government does not have
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Green hydrogen plant doing steel production to be built in northern Sweden
H2 Green Steel aims to invest €2,5 billion, create 1,500 direct jobs and produce 5 million tons of fossil-free steel
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Norway’s new Arctic SAR-base will have helicopters in joint operation with Svalbard
Search- and Rescue (SAR) capacities in the European Arctic will be strengthened as the Norwegian Government on Friday announced Tromsø
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Metsä Group to build €1.6bn pulp mill in Kemi in northern Finland
The new bioproducts mill will be the largest single investment ever made by the forest industry in Finland. Forest products
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Shell teams up with Gazprom Neft in Arctic
The two companies are jointly to develop license areas in Russia’s far northern Gydan Peninsula. A joint venture established on
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Hydropower to be no longer classed as sustainable, according to EU proposal
Hydropower should no longer be classified as a sustainable energy source according to an EU Commission green proposal. But Swedish
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