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Nornickel moves production to China to circumvent sanctions

War sanctions bite hard on Russia’s Arctic mining and metallurgical giant producing nickel and copper on the Kola Peninsula and in Norilsk.
April 24, 2024

The War troubles Nornickel as it struggles to shift to new markets

Consolidated revenue shrank significantly in 2023 for the Arctic giant metal producer as European buyers refuse to trade with the company that indirectly pays hundreds of millions of dollars in tax to Putin’s war economy.
April 01, 2024

More trouble on Kiruna-Narvik (de)railway shortly after reopening

An iron-ore train Saturday evening derailed and again caused a halt in traffic on Europe’s northernmost cross-border line. The incident happened only four days after the railway reopened after being closed for two months after the last derailing accident. Police is investigating possible sabotage.
February 26, 2024

Europe's northernmost cross-border railway still closed two months after ore train derailed

Halt in rail transport between Kiruna and Narvik causes big challenges for Sweden’s largest mining company. It also highlights the sensitivity of poor infrastructure for NATO’s military reinforcement of northernmost Scandinavia.
February 14, 2024

The Nordsletten connection: Arctic oil, family affairs and a link to the FSB

Amid war and international sanctions, Norwegian businessman Gunnar Nordsletten continues to develop his corporate interests in Putin's Russia. According to a journalistic investigation, he is closely cooperating with Andrei Patrushev, a member of Russia's most powerful FSB family.
February 06, 2024

Lukashenko wants access to Russian Arctic seaports

The ruler in Minsk intends to make the north Russian ports of Murmansk and Arkhangelsk a part of his union state deal with Moscow.
January 30, 2024

Norwegian king crab export hits record thanks to Russia sanctions

Export value last year increased by 43% compared with 2022, data from the Norwegian Seafood Council shows.
January 19, 2024

Norway expands oil drilling, boosts production

The petrostate awards another 62 drilling licenses to the oil and gas industry. The country steers towards a 15-year high in hydrocarbon extraction.
January 17, 2024

“The situation is catastrophic.” There is no one to work in Russia’s North

Russia, especially its “depressed” regions, is suffering from a labor shortage. The decline in the workforce is evidenced by both employers who are unable to find workers and updated statistical data. Statistics, among other things, show a decrease in the number of men – but the war may not be the only one to blame for the development.
January 10, 2024

It is freezing midwinter, but Rosneft continues Arctic shipments to its grand Vostok Oil

According to the Russian state oil company, as much as 700,000 tons of goods will be shipped to the project construction sites along the Yenisey River in course of winter.
January 04, 2024

Oilmen start building of underwater pipeline across the Yenisey

The 5,8 km long pipeline is key component of Vostok Oil, the biggest industrial project currently unfolding in the Russian Arctic.
December 19, 2023

First train crosses new bridge to western side of Kola Bay

It is a historical moment for Murmansk, regional governor Andrei Chibis underlined as Vladimir Putin declared the new infrastructure object for opened.
December 18, 2023

Frozen plans: building of far northern coal mine is halted by sanctions and Arctic ice

The Syradasayskoye coal mine was to produce several million tons of of high-quality coal already in 2024. But developer Severnaya Zvezda does not have any of the vessels needed for shipping through the thick Arctic sea-ice.
December 05, 2023

Across bay from main Russian Navy base could come oil terminal

State oil company Rosneft plans to build a terminal for reloading of oil only few kilometres from the Northern Fleet headquarters in Severomorsk
November 27, 2023

Barge with 350 tons of fuel started drifting in Barents Sea after tugboat broke down

November 07, 2023

Russia threatens to withdraw from fishery deal with Norway. Little to worry about, says expert

Limiting access for Russian fishing vessels to Norwegian ports is illegitimate, Moscow claims and warns that further restrictions could cause a suspension of the 2024 fishery agreement.
October 27, 2023

Barents Sea cod quotas lowered by 20% for the third year in a row

Norway and Russia find common interests in cod and other fish stocks. A deal is reached on the 2024 quotas.
October 22, 2023

Following Andrei Patrushev's infrastructure investment comes a major government development plan for seaports in Arkhangelsk and Novaya Zemlya

A terminal for shipment of zinc and lead is to be built in the archipelago of Novaya Zemlya and the Seaport of Arkhangelsk will get its capacity tripled, Russia's federal government decides.
October 02, 2023

Norway outlines powerful electrification of its North

Major investments in renewables, new power lines and emission cuts are to set stage for an industrial revival of the country's northernmost Finnmark region.
August 08, 2023

Still plenty of sea-ice as Russia sends two major oil tankers through remotest Arctic waters

Up to 200,000 tons of crude oil is on its way into one of the toughest shipping routes on earth.
July 26, 2023

Oil company tried to cover up large Arctic oil spill

An estimated 1,000 tons of oil has leaked into nature after a pipe burst next to the Kolva River in the Usinsk district of the Komi Republic in northern Russia.
July 04, 2023

The construction of the Northern Latitudinal Railway to be delayed

Money from the state budget is needed for the war in Ukraine, experts say.
June 23, 2023

Russian VTB bank to finance the construction of icebreakers

Amid sanctions, the importance of the Northern Sea Route rises.
June 19, 2023

Heavy lift carrier enters icy Arctic waters en route from China to Murmansk

The more than 200 meter long Pugnax sails through the Bering Strait and westwards on the Northern Sea Route. On board is a several thousand tons heavy module for Arctic LNG 2 project.
June 15, 2023

Novatek mulls 1,300 km pipeline to LNG plant in Murmansk

The natural gas company intends to build a major natural gas plant in the Kola Peninsula that will be connected with a pipeline to Gazprom's national grid.
June 06, 2023

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