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Nornickel

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With nickel in great demand, Nornickel expands Kola mine in Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 10:23
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The Severny Gluboky mine located near Russia’s border to Norway will be made 300 meters deeper to keep up local

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* Featured * Business Business (Finland) Countries Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Finnish shipbuilders contract powerful icebreaker for Russian Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 13:02
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It is the most powerful icebreaker ever built in Finland. The vessel that is designed for breaking through the sea-ice

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* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Russia 

Murmansk boosts exports to $4.7 billion, only 3% goes to neighbouring Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 6, 2021 at 08:14
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The Russian Arctic region has almost doubled its exports over the past five years. It is the powerful mineral and

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* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Russia 

Nornickel expands on Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 11:04
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The company intends to build several icebreakers and invest 26 billion rubles in its Dudinka seaport. The world’s leading producer

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First real green spring comes to Nikel, Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 15:58 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 16:19
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“We, ordinary people living in Nikel, are very happy. The air is fresh, leaves are green,” says Tatiana Bazanova who

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* Featured * Countries Environment Environment (Russia) Featured • Zone 1 General Russia 

Nornickel has changed positively, says Taimyr Indigenous group in Arctic Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 10:20
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After the oil spill, we see positive changes in policy and approaches to interaction with the indigenous minorities, says Grigory

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* Featured * Countries Environment Environment (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 General Russia 

Ten months after spill in Arctic Russia, inspectors fear more accidents at Nornickel’s oil tank farms

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 09:59
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Several of the storage tanks are up to 70 years old and the company has failed to fix a huge

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Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Indigenous Peoples call on Nornickel’s global partners to demand environmental action

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 12:36
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“Nornickel does not invite us to meetings, so now we urge international shareholders and buyers of their metals to take

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Featured • Zone 3 General Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Nornickel must pay €1.62 billion for its huge oil spill in Arctic tundra

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 5, 2021 at 10:46 — Last Updated: Friday, February 5, 2021 at 10:47
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More than 21,000 tons of diesel oil spilled into rivers, lakes and vulnerable wetlands. Now, the company has to pay

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Business (Russia) News Russia 

Potanin: ‘This is a historic event for Nornickel’

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 10:17
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The polluting smeler in Nikel was shut down forever on Dec. 23. “Today will be a symbolic event — the

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Business Business (Norway) Norway 

Nornickel debuts in tourism, starts king crab safari in border area to Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2020 at 13:23
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The company “Port Liinakharmari” is registered with a capital of 50 million rubles and is a 100% owned subsidiary of

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Russian Indigenous groups call on Elon Musk to boycott company behind Arctic environmental disasters

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 7, 2020 at 11:10
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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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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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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) 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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