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Canadian mining company Baffinland faces millions in liens over stalled expansion project in Arctic

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 12:31
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Construction companies are taking steps to make sure they’ll get paid for work they did for Baffinland’s Mary River Mine.

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) Environment (USA) RCI 

Northwestern Canadian First Nation asks N.W.T. to speak out against northern Alberta mine

Anna Desmarais, CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 20, 2020 at 14:20
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The chief of Smith’s Landing First Nation near Fort Smith, , is calling on the territorial government to speak out

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Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Compilation: Mining and drilling in the Arctic

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 01:00
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Arctic countries are showing a growing interest in the region’s natural resources. While some states are cancelling their plans for

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Commission seeks public input for land use plan in northwestern Canada

Dave Croft, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 15:51
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The Dawson Regional Planning Commission in Yukon is releasing its work to date for public feedback. The commission, which is

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Mining boost in Russian central Arctic to feed electric vehicle market

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 12:03
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Russia’s Nornickel says it can supply enough battery packs to reduce global CO2 emissions by 50-100 million tonnes over the

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Cleanup team for Giant Mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories says no to compensation claims

Richard Gleeson, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 09:55 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 09:57
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After considering dozens of claims for compensation totalling millions of dollars, the team overseeing the cleanup of Giant Mine just

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Major rare metal plant planned for Russia’s central Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 14:05
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On the remote Arctic tundra of Norilsk, in Russia’s central Arctic, comes a big plant for the production of palladium,

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

Mineral exploration plummets in northwestern Canada

Dave Croft, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 11:29
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There’s concern about the future of mineral exploration in Yukon, a territory in northwestern Canada, after a sharp downturn in

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Nickel plant in northwest Russia shutting down its first furnace

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 10:32
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With the closure comes a 33% cut in emissions from the infamous factory in the Russian, Norwegian borderland. Just one

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Business Business (Russia) Russia 

Green light for new seaport in Russian Arctic archipelago

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 18, 2019 at 11:52 — Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2019 at 16:29
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Russian state experts approve construction plans for the Pavlovskoye seaport in the remote and heavy militarized Arctic archipelago in northern

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Aging nickel plant in northwest Russia due to close in late 2020

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 13:47
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A gradual halt in production is likely to take place before Nornickel fully closes its smelter in the Russian border

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General Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Would closing a nickel plant spell doom for the town of Nikel, Arctic Russia?

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 8, 2019 at 09:55 — Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2019 at 10:00
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The toxic smoke that for decades has embraced the borderlands between Russia and Norway might soon vanish. It will help

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Blog Business Business (Sweden) General Sweden 

Blog – Kiruna, an Arctic Swedish town built and relocated for mining

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 13:50 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 14:42
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The Arctic mining town of Kiruna, Sweden has a mythical allure to it. The community of 18,000 people built its

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Why a giant sinkhole appeared at a mining site in Arctic Sweden

Frank Radosevich, Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 15:48 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 15:53
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A large sinkhole appeared on Wednesday about half a kilometer from the edge of a nearby town but company officials

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Fight over contested Alaska mine project aired at US House hearing

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 09:42 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 15:23
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For Alaskans opposed to the Pebble Mine, a hearing in the U.S. House Wednesday was an opportunity to raise the

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