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Sanctions are biting on Russian icebreaker builders

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 10:25
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Companies Nornickel and Rosneft have scrapped plans for the building of high-tech icebreakers fuelled by LNG. The vessels will instead

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Major fire at Russia’s largest nickel electrolysis workshop

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 10:25 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 15:43
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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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Nickel-tycoon Vladimir Potanin has big plan for Arctic hub Dudinka

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 18, 2022 at 14:21 — Last Updated: Monday, July 18, 2022 at 14:25
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A significant expansion of capacities is underway in the far northern port town of Dudinka as shipping on the northern

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Russia’s new lithium mine will impact nature, Sami activist warns

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 13:27
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The projected Kolmozero mine in the Kola Peninsula will have devastating effects on nature and indigenous peoples in the area,

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Two years after huge Arctic spill, river water in Norilsk is still red from diesel fuel

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 11:23 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 11:59
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“Two years have passed, there have been some clean-up operations, but these dirty red substances are still in the ground

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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