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Talvivaara CEO Pekka Perä. (Miia Roivainen / Yle)

CEO’s order led to Finland Talvivaara disaster

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 14:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 18:23
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Prosecutors call for ten-month suspended sentence and fine of 13 million euros for four bosses in power during series of

Business Business (Sweden) General Sweden

Industrialists buy up parts of bankrupt mine in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 14:47 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 18:09
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Five industrialists have reached into their own pockets and bought parts of the bankrupt Northland iron ore mine in Kaunisvaara, in

Vattenfall's coal mine in Welzow sûd in Eastern Germany. (Pelle Zettersten/Sveriges Radio)

General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden

Sweden’s Greens torn on Vattenfall’s coal mines

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 14:54 — Last Updated: Friday, July 3, 2015 at 17:39
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Green Party members from all over the country gather in Örebro for the party’s first ever congress as a member

The Donut Hole (and two other small ones to the south) at the center of the Arctic Ocean. (Cryopolitics)

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Blog: The donut hole at the centre of the Arctic Ocean

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 13:45 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 19:55
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On June 4, I wrote about issues surrounding the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. June 5 was National Donut

LKAB miners in Kiruna, Sweden. (BarentsObserver)

Business Business (Sweden) General Sweden

Swedish ore production record in 2014

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 13:48 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 20:00
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Swedish ore production reached an all-time high in 2014. Base metals and precious metals increased most, while iron ore production

Business Business (Finland) Finland General

Finland: Talvivaara gets creditors’ nod for restructuring plan

Yle News
Posted: Friday, May 8, 2015 at 17:22 — Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2015 at 20:49
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Creditors of the struggling mining concern Talvivaara voted to support the company’s proposed restructuring plan Wednesday night. The final vote

An aerial view of frozen Finnish lake Kivijaervi after waste water began to leak from a nearby mine on November 12, 2012 in Talvivaara. (Kimmo Rauatmaa/AFP/Getty Images)

Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General

Talvivaara gets green light for waste pipeline – with tighter terms

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 17:51
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Officials in northern Finland have given the mining company Talvivaara a green light to construct a pipeline to discharge waste

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Relocation of Arctic town underway in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 19:53 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 19:04
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After years of planning, the first steps of tearing down and moving the Arctic town of Kiruna started today in

Pollution from the chimneys in Nikel moves towards the Norwegian border, while the snow around the plant is black of fallout of heavy metals, sulphur dioxide and other pollutions from the plant. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

Business Business (Russia) General Russia

Russia: Arctic mega-polluter pays record high dividends

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 13:11
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Nickel industry in Siberia and on the Kola Peninsula is very good business for investors. Norilsk Nickel set to pay

Canada General Society Society (Canada)

Politics, policy and polar road construction : Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 10, 2015 at 21:50 — Last Updated: Monday, April 13, 2015 at 20:20
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On this week’s news roundup, we bring you some of your most-read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week:

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard presents Le Plan Nord, his government's plan for the province's northern development on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 in Montreal. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

Business Business (Canada) Canada General

Canadian province of Quebec announces plan for northern development

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 21:29 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:53
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The Canadian province of Quebec announced an ambitious plan to develop its northern region on Wednesday, putting the Arctic back in

Before the long Easter weekend, we take a look back at some of your most read northern stories this week. (iStock)

Canada General Society Society (Canada)

Mining, politics and Maine: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 3, 2015 at 08:00
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

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Finland: British investor makes conditional bid for Talvivaara

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 12:48 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 20:29
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A British investment company specialising in corporate restructuring cases has tabled a conditional offer to purchase the beleaguered Talvivaara mining

A worker in front of a blast furnace at an iron and steel factory in China. (China Photos/Getty Images)

Canada General Society Society (Canada)

China, defence strategy & drilling: Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, March 6, 2015 at 21:01 — Last Updated: Monday, March 9, 2015 at 19:55
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

Swedish mining major LKAB is cutting staff in order to keep afloat amid low prices. (BarentsObserver)

Business Business (Sweden) General Sweden

Sweden: LKAB cuts staff, reduces investments

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 16, 2015 at 21:26 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 16:50
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Profits plummet by more than 90 percent and the Swedish mining giant is forced to take a series of crisis