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Business Business (Denmark/Greenland) Countries Denmark/Greenland General RCI 

Canadian geologist raises questions about controversial Greenland mining project

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, January 8, 2021 at 18:47 — Last Updated: Friday, January 8, 2021 at 19:24
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As residents of five communities in southern Greenland gear up for public hearings about a proposed rare earths mining project

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

Agnico Eagle bids $286M for TMAC Resources, more than Chinese offer for Nunavut gold mine

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 11:19
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Canadian miner Agnico Eagle Mines said on Tuesday it would buy TMAC Resources for about $286.6 million , two weeks

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General RCI 

The pandemic, the economy & international policy – Arctic news roundup 2020 with Heather Exner-Pirot

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, December 28, 2020 at 09:00
1 Comment

The end of the year is often a time to take stock and here at Eye on the Arctic, we’re no

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Reducing emissions could create up to 3,000 new jobs in Arctic Sweden says mining group

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 16:15 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 16:23
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LKAB, a state-owned mineral and mining group, wants to invest 400 billion kronor to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions through

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at a news conference in Moscow on December 18, 2014.(Pavel Golovkin/AP)
Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Behind Putin’s new Arctic Strategy lies a quest for natural resources

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 2, 2020 at 11:51
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The new guiding document for Russia’s vast Arctic territories includes plenty of focus on oil, natural gas and shipping, and

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General Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Chinese company’s deal to buy Arctic gold mine facing national security review in Canada

The Canadian Press
Posted: Friday, October 16, 2020 at 16:03 — Last Updated: Friday, October 16, 2020 at 16:08
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TMAC Resources Inc. says the federal cabinet has ordered a national security review of the proposed sale of the Canadian

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Canada’s PM says COVID-19 pandemic amplified housing, connectivity gaps in territories

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 12:54
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Trudeau says the pandemic has exposed ‘the depths’ of issues faced by northerners In an exclusive interview with CBC North’s The

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Canada waives annual mineral lease fees on Crown land in Nunavut

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 10:41
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In a measure to reduce the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nunavut, the federal government is waiving payments

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Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Chinese miner hires Canadian CEO as review continues on Nunavut mine deal

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2020 at 10:49
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The Chinese company trying to buy TMAC Resources Ltd. has appointed a Barrick Gold Corp. veteran as CEO of its

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Business Business (Norway) Norway 

Arctic mine signs giant copper contract with a green touch in Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at 15:24
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Nussir aims at becoming the world’s first fully electrified underground mine, with zero emission of CO2. Preparing for production could

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Fortune Minerals switches focus to gold, gets $144K from Canada’s Northwest government

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at 14:20
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A Northwest Territories mining company is turning its project focus to gold. Fortune Minerals Ltd. announced it received $144,000 from the territory’s Mining

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Russian Indigenous groups call on Elon Musk to boycott company behind Arctic environmental disasters

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 7, 2020 at 11:10
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The company that recently made international headlines for causing environmental disasters on the Taimyr Peninsula by spilling 20,000 tons of

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Environment Environment (Norway) Norway 

Climate change hits back at Svalbard, coal mine flooded by melting glacier in Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 12:18
0 Comments

Large water penetration in Gruve 7 (Mine 7) was discovered on Sunday July 26 during a routine inspection, the Store Norske

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Business Business (Norway) Norway 

Deutsche Bank won’t finance any new Arctic oil and gas projects

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 12:59 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 13:13
0 Comments

The Frankfurt-based bank adopted its new Fossil Fuels Policy on Monday with strict limitations on future involvement in coal, oil and gas.

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) RCI 

Agnico Eagle pipeline plans in Arctic Canada halted after Indigenous community outcry

Thomas Rohner, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 12:05 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 12:45
1 Comment

A Nunavut regulator has given mining company Agnico Eagle a “significant rebuke” over a controversial pipeline proposal for the Meliadine

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