Haunted by Talvivaara Mining’s crimes, locals in eastern Finland rise against mine proposal
News that the British-owned Beowulf Mining firm is exploring the possibility of a graphite mine in Finland has locals concerned about
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Mining industry fears changes to legislation could end free entry staking in Canada’s Yukon
The Yukon Prospectors Association and the Yukon Chamber of Mines fear that proposed amendments to the Quartz Mining Act will
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Canadian mining company hopes new structure will bring financing for northern project
The company behind the Prairie Creek Mine (Northwest Territories) has announced restructuring that it says will help secure financing for
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Blog – Smelters, huskies, and fish pies: the Arctic road from Norway to Russia
On a gray June day, a group of thirty-odd Arctic scholars and artists participating in a traveling symposium called the
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Iron mine in northern Sweden to restart production
Four years after Northland Resources filed for bankruptcy, production of iron-ore concentrate starts at Kaunisvaara outside Pajala, northern Sweden, on
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Greenland braces for coalition talks to cut through election result murk
With Wednesday’s election result murk, the topsy-turvy world of Greenlandic politics is about to get a lot more interesting as
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Blog – With Siumut’s re-election, will Greenland welcome Chinese investment?
Nearly 30,000 Greenlanders, or some 71.9% of eligible voters, went to the polls today on the world’s largest island. Some
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Finland’s first silver mine to start production next year
Finland’s first silver mine in Sotkamo in eastern Finland will start production next year. The board of Swedish-based Sotkamo Silver
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Ex-Talvivaara mine CEO to appeal environmental crimes conviction
On Thursday an appeals court in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland, toughened the conviction of Talvivaara Mining CEO Pekka Perä on environmental
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Swedish mining company found not responsible for poisoning Chileans
The Skellefteå district court dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday against Swedish mining company Boliden that claimed it was responsible for
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Ahtium, former Talvivaara Mining, files for bankruptcy
The board of Ahtium, until late 2017 known as Talvivaara Mining Company, announced Tuesday morning that the company has decided
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Blog – America’s most toxic site is in the Alaskan Arctic
In the Alaskan Arctic, Iñupiat sail across seas they’ve navigated for thousands of years in search of a whale to
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A century of Norwegian coal mining in Svalbard comes to an end
The cabinet of Prime Minister Erna Solberg explicitly says it no longer wants to subsidise the digging out of black
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Finland’s biggest environmental crime case returns to court
An environmental crime trial about mining company Talvivaara’s past operations began at the Rovaniemi appeals court on Monday. Under scrutiny
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Blog – Trudeau’s Yukon plan: funding another road to nowhere
The past few years have been good for the Canadian road-building industry in the Arctic. In 2011, former Prime Minister
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