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Iron mine in northern Sweden to restart production

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 09:56 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 09:59
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Four years after Northland Resources filed for bankruptcy, production of iron-ore concentrate starts at Kaunisvaara outside Pajala, northern Sweden, on

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Wind in Arctic Sweden to power Google

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 13:28
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Investment company Aquila Capital buys the Lehtirova wind power project in northern Sweden. Production from the 41 wind generators will

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(iStock)
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Industrialists buy up parts of bankrupt mine in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 14:47 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 18:09
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Five industrialists have reached into their own pockets and bought parts of the bankrupt Northland iron ore mine in Kaunisvaara, in

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Empty loading platforms at the Northland mine in Kaunisvaara. (Mats Jonsson/Sveriges Radio)
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Northland halts operations at mine in Arctic Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 12:58 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 19:25
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Nearly 300 people will be laid off as Northland Resources stops operations indefinitely at its iron ore mine in Kaunisvaara,

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Kaunisvaara industrial area. (Courtesy Northland Resources)
Business Sweden 

Mine in Sweden’s Arctic suspends payments to creditors

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, June 30, 2014 at 16:11
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Northland Resources, an international mining company that runs an iron ore mine outside of Pajala in northern Sweden, is suspending

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(Pekka Kenttälä / Sveriges Radio)
Business Sweden 

Sweden: Northland shareholders approve rescue package

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 14:14
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Northland Resources shareholders have voted in favour of a $300 million rescue package to secure the future of the mining

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Kaunisvaara mine, outside Pajala. The first shipments of ore left the Norwegian port of Narvik last week, bound for Tata Steel in the Netherlands. (Northland, Radio Sweden)
Business Sweden 

Mine in Sweden’s Arctic back from the brink

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, April 29, 2013 at 14:43
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The Canadian-owned mining company Northland Resources has secured long term financing for one of Europe’s largest iron ore mines in

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Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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