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As Moscow turns down coal deal at COP26, Russian miners get ready for a big Arctic dig -
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Coal is high on the agenda in the ongoing COP26 in Glasgow. But neither Russia, nor the other major coal producing countries like China, Australia and the USA, ... commitments. Among them are five of the world’s top 20 coal power-using countries, the UN Climate Change informs . ...
2021/11/05 - 17:19
Construction resumes at Murmansk transport hub -
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... outside Murmansk was said to be in jeopardy as Russia’s coal export to Europe declined sharply from 2019 to 2020. ... to provide stable renewables to the electricity grid, so coal-fired power plants again get a boost. And so do global coal prices. At least for the winter to come. Last week, ...
2021/09/20 - 13:34
Coal diggers are building a settlement on the Taymyr tundra -
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... its project company Severnaya Zvezda. The Syradasayskoye coal field will produce about 5 million tons per year, all of ... 2026, the project is to produce about 7 million tons of coal per year, the project developers say. Workers are now ... Not surprisingly, the power station will be fuelled by coal. In the initial phase it will have a 10 MW capacity. ...
2021/10/15 - 14:54
Dying industry is still big business in Murmansk -
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Coal continues to be a main export commodity for the far ... percent from 2019. An overwhelming share of the goods is coal, and practically all of it is exported. The Murmansk Commercial Seaport is owned by coal company SUEK. The growth came first of all in the last ...
2021/01/27 - 17:05
Russia's coal-fired power plant in Svalbard faces overhaul -
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The coal plant in Barentsburg was on the agenda in a recent ... CO2. The commission also discussed a cut in local coal production. Coal digging in the archipelago must be reduced in order to ...
2021/11/04 - 17:01
Coal tycoon confirms construction start at new Taymyr terminal -
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... be a key component in the development of the Syradasaysky coal field. Up to five million tons of coal will be exported from the site to buyers in Asia through ... the Northern Sea Route, the company says. The Syradayskoye coal field is located on the northern tip of peninsula ...
2021/01/26 - 16:47
Coal tycoon buys Vorkuta mines -
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... in the process of developing the remote Severnaya Zvezda coal project in Taymyr has acquired another far northern coal company. On the 1st of December, Russkaya ... Photo: Premier.gov.ru Vorkutaugol is one of the biggest coal companies in Russia and accounts for more ...
2021/12/13 - 23:53
Longyearbyen to shut down coal-power plant -
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... Plant is the only energy producer in Norway running on coal. Together with the coal power plant in the Russian settlement Barentsburg on ... largest possible share of renewables.” Shutting down the coal power plant most likely bring a closure to the last ...
2021/01/12 - 11:19
From dirty coal mining to protected land, Norway expands national park on Svalbard -
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... opening of the national park. Until a few years ago, big coal vessels sailed the Van Mijen fjord to load coal from the Svea mine. Today, work is in full swing to ... facility. In total, the clean-up work after decades of coal mining is estimated to cost 706 million kroner (€74 ...
2021/06/21 - 12:52
Big dig along Yenisey Bay paves way for new major coal terminal -
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... the remote sea shore with a terminal for loading of coal. Building of dam on coast of Yenisey Bay. Photo: ... that will connect the terminal with the Syradasayskoye coal field. Road construction along the Taymyr tundra to the Syradasayskoye coal field. Photo: Krskstate.ru In the last days of ...
2021/08/30 - 17:38
Sharp population decline in Barentsburg -
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... and exploring mineral resources. For Russia, that means coal mining. The majority of workers and inhabitants are ... its state-owned mine in Svea a few years ago, digging for coal is not either profitable in Barentsburg. In 2017, 140,000 tons of coal were taken out from beneath the permafrost, more than a ...
2021/08/24 - 15:30
A ship loaded with coal digging equipment is on its way to Arctic peninsula Taymyr -
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... machinery and construction equipment for the Syradasaysky coal field, including bulldozers, excavators, cranes, ... Demchenko, Board Chairman of Severnaya Zvezda. The new coal terminal will be lcoated south of Dikson on the Kara Sea ... by Roman Trotsenko and his AEON. Up to 5 million tons of coal per year is to be extracted in the initial production ...
2021/03/16 - 14:50
Murmansk celebrates closure of oil-fuelled boiler. The new one runs on coal -
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... by the fact that the new installation is fuelled by coal, not by a clean and renewable source such as wood ... The installation in Severomorsk is not the only new coal-fuelled boiler in the far northern Russian region. In ... Kola Peninsula is in dire need for upgrades and additional coal-fuelled boilers could soon be built. Despite its ...
2021/08/27 - 16:43
It's an order from Moscow: the new Murmansk railway line must be completed -
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... to facilitate exports of as much as 18 million tons of coal per year. But major coal shippers ultimately did not sign anticipated agreements with the new terminal. The launch of the coal port, originally scheduled at the end of 2020, may now ...
2021/04/30 - 19:16
Big oil, gas and coal making headway on Russian Arctic coast -
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... bit further east, in the Taymyr Peninsula, both oilmen and coal miners are busy with the development of terminal ... Six vessels were in mid-August moored near the site where coal mining company North Star (Severnaya Zvezda) is building ... was named Chaika will serve the Syradasaysky coal field, and is due to be ready for operations in 2023. ...
2021/08/16 - 17:34
As European power prices rocket, Moscow mocks EU over its energy transition -
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... have made grave mistakes when trying to rapidly turn from coal and nuclear power and towards wind power that depends on ... time this year has 27 percent of its energy balance from coal while Russia only has 13 percent from coal. “It is strange to fight for carbon neutrality and at ...
2021/10/07 - 23:36
Green light for huge oil terminal on Taymyr coast -
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... Sever Port Bay will be built not far from where coal company Severnaya Zvezda is in the process of erecting its new coal port . Vostok Oil is one of the biggest ever industrial ...
2021/03/24 - 09:57
Sergei Shoigu has a grand masterplan for Siberia. It could move Russia towards Eurasia -
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... cities will be one that focuses on extraction of coking coal, and another on coal-fuelled chemical production. A third will specialise on ... of construction materials, Shoigu argues. Not only coal will be used as energy source. Hydrogen will ultimately ...
2021/09/28 - 15:40
Moscow aims to enhance presence in Svalbard as part of hybrid-strategy, expert warns -
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... runs the society in Barentsburg, but underground coal resources are running low and alternative businesses, ... second Soviet-time settlement on Svalbard is Pyramiden, a coal-mining town that was left to ghosts in the late ...
2021/12/07 - 15:30
Putin: Russian Arctic gas can provide long-term energy security for Europe and Asia -
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... made grave mistakes when trying to rapidly turn from coal and nuclear power and towards wind power that depends on ... Arctic. The new EU Strategy on the Arctic says that oil, coal and gas must stay in the ground. According to the ...
2021/10/28 - 15:31