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Talvivaara has faced repeated problems with leakage from waste water ponds. (Heikki Rönty / Yle)
Business Finland 

Finnish company wants permit to discharge waste

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 11:30
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The Talvivaara mining company in Finland has asked for permission to discharge an extra 820,000 cubic metres of waste water,

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Talvivaara commissioned a report on a damaging gypsum pond leak last November but has not shared its findings. (Heikki Rönty/Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Finnish mine not releasing technical report

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 11:29
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Finnish nickel mining company Talvivaara commissioned a report from the Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT on a gypsum pond

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The city of Kiruna in Sweden’s Arctic. Sweden will hand over chairmanship of the Arctic Council to Canada here on May 15th. (Olivier Morin, AFP)
Business Sweden 

Fire out at mine in Arctic Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 15:25
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A fire at the LKAB mine in the city of Kiruna in Sweden’s Arctic has been put out. No one

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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