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Raw material prices plummet, but Russian mining and metallurgy companies still boost profits.

Raw material prices plummet, but Russian mining and metallurgy companies still make good money.

Raw material prices plummet, but Russian mining and metallurgy companies still make good money.

Chinese sailor Guo Chuan intends to make it from Murmansk to the Bering Strait in 14 days without engine power and pit stops.

Oil companies Gazprom Neft and Eni will lose big money on their offshore projects in the Barents Sea.

The detention of the “Arctic Sunrise” and the arrest of 30 eco-activists following the Greenpeace campaign in the Pechora Sea was illegal and must be compensated, a court in the Hague decides.

A Chinese investment fund acquires 9,9 percent of the Yamal LNG project.

The two countries have together managed the rich fish stocks in the Barents Sea for almost half a century. Now, they again engage in their annual joint marine research expedition.

Norway takes measures as the influx of refugees across its Arctic border to Russia increases.

Supported by high demands and a weak ruble, Russian mineral fertilizer company Phosagro boosts profits.