Belarus’s Lukashenko eyes shipping goods to Asia via Russia’s Arctic route
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting with the governor of Russia's Murmansk region, Andrei Chibis, on Thursday said the re-routing of Belarusian exports...
Turkish companies could rescue Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project
The unprecedented Arctic industrialization that over the past years has unfolded along the shores of Russia’s remote Gulf of Ob faces serious troubles following...
Canadian Hydrographic Service gets $84M to map Arctic Ocean floor
The federal government is planning to spend more than $100 million to map the Arctic Ocean floor and to make improvements to Rankin Inlet’s...
New Pond Inlet harbor expected to provide safety, economic benefits
Pond Inlet’s new community harbor has officially opened.
Funded with $30 million from the federal government and $11 million from the Government of Nunavut, the...
A sweeping US Senate bill aims to address key Arctic issues
A broad bill covering national security, shipping, research, and trade in the Arctic that sharply rebukes Russia’s dominance on some issues was introduced in...
Nunavut miner issues layoff notices to more than 1,100 employees
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. has sent layoff notices to more than 1,100 of its employees.
The company sent the notices July 31, said spokesperson Peter...
On Navy Day, Putin reiterates Arctic ambitions, calls US main threat...
ST. PETERSBURG — President Vladimir Putin on Sunday signed a new naval doctrine which cast the United States as Russia's main rival and set...
Murmansk Transport Hub is gets strategic importance status
Construction of the new large harbor facilities on the west side of the Kola Bay has officially acquired status of strategic importance for Russia.
Russian...
Russia’s Rosneft starts construction of huge new Arctic oil terminal
MOSCOW — Russian energy giant Rosneft said on Tuesday it has started construction of an Arctic oil terminal at the Bukhta Sever port, part...
Russia’s Nornickel makes plans to ship Arctic nickel to Africa
Russia's Nornickel, the world’s biggest producer of nickel, is preparing alternative export routes. That's according to Ravil Nasybullov, Director of Nornickel’s logistics department, who...
