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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

How green are the batteries? Electric car revolution boosts business for big Arctic air polluter

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 11, 2017 at 17:43
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Nornickel eyes sharp increase in demand for nickel and copper as tens of millions of electric cars hit the roads

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Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Finland says no bailout for state-owned, troubled Talvivaara mine

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 14:07 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 14:14
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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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Business Business (Finland) Finland General Special Features 

Finland mine discharges 750M litres of waste water

Yle News
Posted: Monday, December 21, 2015 at 15:22 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
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A total of 750,000 cubic metres – the equivalent of 750 million litres – of waste water will be discharged

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Talvivaara CEO Pekka Perä. (Miia Roivainen / Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General Special Features 

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

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The CEO of the beleaguered Talvivaara mine gets more bad news. (Kalle Heikkinen / Yle)
Business Business (Finland) Finland General Special Features 

Finland mining CEO charged with environmental crime

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 16:54 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 13:15
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  Eastern Finland’s District Prosecutor Heikki Ylisirniö has pressed charges against Pekka Perä, the CEO of the Talvivaara mine, for

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Talvivaara has been an ongoing headache for the Finnish government. (Yle)
Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Finland: Talvivaara mining company to seek new state bailout

Yle News
Posted: Friday, January 23, 2015 at 16:51 — Last Updated: Monday, January 26, 2015 at 20:24
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Bankrupt mining firm Talvivaara Sotkamo might need another bailout from the government. Previous funds transferred to keep the Kainuu mine

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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 

Four charged in Finland toxic leak case

Yle News
Posted: Monday, September 22, 2014 at 20:10 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 20:29
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Four persons representing the Talvivaara nickel mine were indicted on Monday by the Eastern Finland public prosecutor. The charges levied

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(Talvivaara / Yle News)
Business Finland 

Finland’s Talvivaara posts seven million euro loss

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 12:06
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Wednesday’s first-quarter results for the beleagured mining company show some improvement, with an operating loss of 7.1 million euros compared

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(Talvivaara / Yle News)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

New toxic release at Finland’s Talvivaara mine

Yle News
Posted: Monday, March 3, 2014 at 17:58
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A release of hydrogen sulphide was detected Sunday evening at the Talvivaara mine processing plant. There were no injuries, but

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(Talvivaara)
Business Finland 

Finland: Talvivaara mine laying off almost half of workforce

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 12:32
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The Talvivaara Mining Company announced Wednesday that it has concluded cooperation consultations with personnel and that it will be laying

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(Talvivaara / Yle News)
Business Finland 

Finland: Court approves Talvivaara debt plan

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 12:08
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Talvivaara’s plans to restructure its debt have been approved by Espoo District Court. The troubled Finnish nickel mining firm owes

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(Sini Salmirinne / Yle )
Business Finland 

Finland: Varma & its Talvivaara holdings

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at 10:55
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Finnish pension insurer Varma has further lessened its holdings in the beleagured Talvivaara mining company. At the end of October

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