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Oligarch Vladimir Potanin now ranks third on Forbes list of wealthiest persons in Russia. He can thank the smelters and mines at the Taimyr- and Kola Peninsula for the boost fortune.
December 26, 2019
As a new year draws near, regional governor Andrey Chibis comes to the Arctic border town that is threatened by social and economic crisis.
December 26, 2019
The already 45 years old reactor will continue to run until 2034.
December 25, 2019
The company intends to add resources to its Johan Castberg project.
December 23, 2019
The «Yuri Kuchiev» is built in Finland, owned by Greek shipper Dynagas and now breaking its way through Arctic ice on its maiden trip to the Russian North.
December 20, 2019
Offshore oil, liquified natural gas and the petrochemical industry will soon benefit from big tax cuts in new Arctic projects.
December 19, 2019
With new transport technology, salmon sent by rail from northern Norway will still be fresh when arriving in Xi’an about ten days later.
December 19, 2019
At 11 am Moscow Times on December 19th, the “Akademik Lomonosov” delivered its first electricity to the grid in Pevek, Arctic Russia.
December 19, 2019
Gazprom intends to produce millions of tons of plastics in the Arctic.
December 18, 2019
Sailing under the ice north of Siberia is cheaper than crushing through, a concept study concludes.
December 17, 2019
Russian oil and gas regulators are liberalizing procedures for oil extraction along the country’s remote northern coasts.
December 17, 2019
It must be able to carry at least 100,000 tons and sail across the icy waters of the Northern Sea Route, says deputy head of the Russian state nuclear power company.
December 16, 2019
After the floating dock SD-50 sank at Roslyakovo yard north of Murmansk last fall “Sevmorput” now had to sail all around Scandinavia to St. Petersburg to find a dock large enough.
December 15, 2019
State experts approve VostokCoal’s plans to export millions of tons of black rocks from the Taymyr Peninsula, but the grand project might not materialize.
December 13, 2019
This Arctic beauty spot will remain exactly that; a beauty spot.
December 13, 2019
Russia's remote Yamal region might in the course of the next 3 years see its oil and gas production grow with more than a third.
December 11, 2019
Utilization of stripping gases generated during storage and reloading of LNG will not be practical for gasification of the Murmansk region, according to a new report.
December 09, 2019
Five individuals are arrested as U.S authorities crack down on the planned shipment of a new turbine to offshore Arctic platform Prirazlomnaya.
December 05, 2019
Norwegian oilmen had great hopes for the new and pristine acreage in the Barents Sea, but failed to make discoveries. Russia’s national oil company Rosneft might now seek to take over some of Equinor’s role in the area.
December 05, 2019
The new special purpose vessel will serve the new icebreakers and the floating nuclear power plants and possible other reactor installations
December 05, 2019
A total of 15 top ice-class carriers are now shuttling to the remote Arctic terminal in the Yamal Peninsula.
December 02, 2019
Protests from the indigenous Sami people, local fishermen and environmental groups were turned down by the government.
November 30, 2019
Natural gas company Novatek might not get the state support it needs for new major infrastructure projects in the Arctic.
November 27, 2019
With the closure comes a 33% cut in emissions from the infamous factory in the Russian, Norwegian borderland.
November 18, 2019
Russian state experts approve construction plans for the Pavlovskoye seaport in the remote and heavy militarized Arctic archipelago.
November 18, 2019

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