Murmansk to expand lithium mining, eyes battery production
Two mines with major reserves of the valuable metal are ready to be developed in the Kola Peninsula. According to
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Europe-Asia Arctic route loaded at one-tenth of capacity
Rosatom engages the world’s only civilian nuclear-powered cargo vessels for yet another year on voyages between St. Petersburg and Petropavlovsk,
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Russia’s new lithium mine will impact nature, Sami activist warns
The projected Kolmozero mine in the Kola Peninsula will have devastating effects on nature and indigenous peoples in the area,
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Russia pauses nuclear safety cooperation with Norway in the North
No grants – no cooperation: After giving more than €2 billion over the last 27 years to help Russia secure
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Arctic Economic Council switching to online meeting amidst Russian invasion of Ukraine
Amidst Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Arctic Economic Council (AEC) annual general meeting in St-Petersburg will go from a hybrid,
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Finnish shipbuilders contract powerful icebreaker for Russian Arctic
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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Russia choose Northern Sea Route for cargo to Bangladesh, although Suez would be much shorter
The route from St. Petersburg to Bangladesh via Murmansk and Vladivostok is about 3,200 nautical miles longer than sailing the
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Radioactive time bombs will be lifted from ocean floor in 2030
The two rusty nuclear submarines K-27 and K-159 will be raised from the sea bed of the Barents- and Kara
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Northern Sea Route developer wants Putin to approve Arctic container shipping plan
“There is a huge interest in the international business community,” Chief of Rosatom Aleksei Likhachev tells the President. “With your
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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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Moscow plans for 2,000 per cent growth of trans-Arctic shipping over 10 years
The Russian government intends to boost annual transit volumes on the Northern Sea Route from 1,3 million tons in 2020
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Rosatom to build small-scale land-based nuclear plant in northern Yakutia by 2028
Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said Thursday that it has reached another milestone in its plans to build a small-scale
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Climate change is making the Arctic more hospitable, says Russian nuclear icebreaker captain
Skryabin on the 23rd September met with the President in connection with the official Day of nuclear industry employees. In
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Despite major technical troubles, new Russian icebreaker sets course for Barents Sea
With only two of its three engines in operation, Russia’s new nuclear-powered icebreaker is on its maiden voyage to icy
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Russian military land could become site for new Arctic container port
Land and property issues were high on the agenda when Murmansk Governor Andrey Chibis on Monday met with Russian Deputy
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