Murmansk boosts exports to $4.7 billion, only 3% goes to neighbouring Norway
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
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
“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
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
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
“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
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’
The polluting smeler in Nikel was shut down forever on Dec. 23. “Today will be a symbolic event — the
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Nornickel debuts in tourism, starts king crab safari in border area to Norway
The company “Port Liinakharmari” is registered with a capital of 50 million rubles and is a 100% owned subsidiary of
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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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Aging smelter near Russia-Norway border will be closed, company says
Nornickel and regional authorities in Murmansk have signed agreement on how to collaborate on retraining and restructuring for the 800
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