Clean-up in the Russian Arctic
By Elizaveta Vereykina Participants are determined to get rid of the pollution that has been building up on the Taymyr
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Taymyr peninsula
Frozen plans: building of far northern coal mine halted by sanctions and Arctic ice
As soon as in 2023, the Syradasayskoye coal mine was to produce several million tons of high-quality coal, but developer
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Russian Arctic coal is looking for way out of sanctions
The launch of coal mining at the far northern Taymyr Peninsula was to lead to a boost in exports through
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Russia shows off Arctic military power
Hundreds of Northern Fleet soldiers are killed in Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. Others are sent on exercise to
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Sanctions are biting on Russian icebreaker builders
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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Deep crisis looms, but here comes Russia’s biggest ever Arctic oil project
The state company managed by Putin’s long-time ally Igor Sechin has spud the first wells and started construction of oil
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Nickel-tycoon Vladimir Potanin has big plan for Arctic hub Dudinka
A significant expansion of capacities is underway in the far northern port town of Dudinka as shipping on the northern
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Two years after huge Arctic spill, river water in Norilsk is still red from diesel fuel
“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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Arctic sea-ice reaches this year’s low, but shippers still snub Northern Sea Route
After Russia’s warmest-ever summer, the Northern Sea Route is almost ice-free. But only few shipmasters set course for the Arctic
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Reindeer calves found dead for second year in a row on river in Arctic Russia
Poaching and climate change might be the reasons why more than 1,200 migrating animals did not make it across the
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Here comes Russia’s biggest Arctic oil terminal
There is still a thick layer of sea-ice in the Yenisey Bay. But ships have still made their way to the
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Russian investor breathes new life in major Arctic coal project
Roman Trotsenko on the 18th June formalized the acquisition of 75 percent of shares in the Arctic Mining Company and
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Russian company VostokCoal abandons major coal mining project in Arctic tundra
Vostok Coal is giving up its great Arctic project. The buyer of the vast coal reserves of the Taymyr Peninsula
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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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Moscow supports Vostok Coal’s expansion into protected Arctic tundra
Company Vostok Coal has been been fined several hundred million rubles for illegal mining in Russia’s Taymyr Peninsula, but still
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