Major fire at Russia’s largest nickel electrolysis workshop
Black acrid smoke is drifting for several kilometers in Monchegorsk Wednesday morning caused by the fire at Nornickel’s factory. The
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How is the growing demand for minerals affecting northeastern Canada and the climate?
Inside electric car batteries is nickel. The mineral, which is found in the Yukon, may not have the same value
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Russian Indigenous groups call on Elon Musk to boycott company behind Arctic environmental disasters
The company that recently made international headlines for causing environmental disasters on the Taimyr Peninsula by spilling 20,000 tons of
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Mining boost in Russian central Arctic to feed electric vehicle market
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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Nickel plant in northwest Russia shutting down its first furnace
With the closure comes a 33% cut in emissions from the infamous factory in the Russian, Norwegian borderland. Just one
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Aging nickel plant in northwest Russia due to close in late 2020
A gradual halt in production is likely to take place before Nornickel fully closes its smelter in the Russian border
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Would closing a nickel plant spell doom for the town of Nikel, Arctic Russia?
The toxic smoke that for decades has embraced the borderlands between Russia and Norway might soon vanish. It will help
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Greenland issues new exploration, prospecting licences to Anglo American
Greenland’s Ministry of Mineral Resources and Labour has granted British multinational Anglo American a series of licences in western Greenland.
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Canada announces $2M for research into carbon neutral mining in the Northwest Territories
The Canadian government is investing millions in a Northwest Territories-based research project that has the potential to make some mining
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Norway to press Russia for action on Arctic smelter pollution
“It is Russia’s responsibility to reduce the emission,” says Ola Elvestuen, Norway’s Minister of Climate and the Environment. Last Friday,
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Russian miners dig deeper into vast Kola nickel reserve
The resources of the Zhdanovskoye field remain huge in Northwestern Russia, but mining company Kola MMC needs to go increasingly
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New Finnish technology to slash nickel mining pollution in northwestern Russia
Sulfur-rich, but nickel-poor concentrate will be separated out and sent to other consumers, while only the nickel-rich concentrate will be
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Blog – Monchegorsk, Russia: a mining town with green aspirations
Murmansk, the largest city in the entire Arctic, is having a makeover. At the restaurant on the top floor of
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How green are the batteries? Electric car revolution boosts business for big Arctic air polluter
Nornickel eyes sharp increase in demand for nickel and copper as tens of millions of electric cars hit the roads
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Finland says no bailout for state-owned, troubled Talvivaara mine
The Finnish government announced on Wednesday it does not plan to bail out the beleaguered state-owned mining company Talvivaara. Economic
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