Blog: Norilsk, Russia -The inescapability of the company town on Russia’s tundra
There are many ways of framing Arctic climate change. On the one hand, countries in the south often see themselves as
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Norway announces white paper on Svalbard’s future
As the Svalbard coal company dismisses staff and pleads for crisis money, the Norwegian government announces that it will make
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Finland: Talvivaara gets extra time for restructuring plan
The beleaguered Finnish mining company Talvivaara has caught a break in the form of extra time to re-submit a restructuring
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Fears that 250 people will move from Svalbard, Norway
The mayor of Longyearbyen, the largest settlement on the Svalbard archipelago in Norway’s Arctic, fears that more than ten percent of the population
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Svalbard coal mine cuts 100 jobs to reduce costs
Business is bad for the world’s northernmost mining company. Low coal prices and high costs forces Store Norske to cut
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Alaska: Judge temporarily halts EPA process on Pebble Mine
U.S. District Court Judge H. Russel Holland issued a preliminary injunction Monday, temporarily halting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 404(c) process
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Platinum mine criminal charges a first for Alaska
BETHEL – Back in August 2011, a federal biologist on a routine flight to survey salmon numbers was taken aback
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The New Kiruna: A meeting place for past and future
Take a good look around Kiruna because in a few years it won’t be here anymore. “Here” is the valley
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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 10/17/14
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic
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Blog: Greenland’s political crisis concerns locals and foreign investors alike
Yesterday morning, mining company Rare Earth Minerals (REM) announced that it had discovered rare earth minerals within its licensed areas near Narsarsuaq,
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Northland halts operations at mine in Arctic Sweden
Nearly 300 people will be laid off as Northland Resources stops operations indefinitely at its iron ore mine in Kaunisvaara,
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Four charged in Finland toxic leak case
Four persons representing the Talvivaara nickel mine were indicted on Monday by the Eastern Finland public prosecutor. The charges levied
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Ice-Blog: Arctic Economic Council – and the environment?
I would like to share my thoughts with you on the founding meeting of the Arctic Economic Council, taking place
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Activists chain themselves to mining drill in Sweden
Around ten activists have chained themselves to a large drill machine at a mine in Norra Kärr, by Sweden’s second
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Police investigate whether to bring criminal charges over nickel leak in Finland
A maximum sentence of six years in prison could be levelled at those responsible for the 66-ton chemical leak from
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