The MIKON flagship program in the Fram Centre is using both social and environmental sciences to examine how High North industrial development will affect the natural world, regional societies like the Sami and economic activity.
The powerful leader of the United Energy Systems (RAO UES) Anatoly Chubais will be engaged in the talks over a new partnership agreement between Russia and the EU, a prominent Russian business leader says.
Russian mining and metallurgy giant Norilsk Nickel will open a new major mine outside Monchegorsk in the Kola Peninsula. The mine, which is to be ready for production in five years, will extract an annual 520,000 tons of ore, the company’s regional subsidiary Kolskaya GMK informs.
The Russian rouble-denominated MICEX index yesterday fell 17,5 percent, the biggest drop in its history, while the dollar denominated RTS fell 11,5 percent. Also the stock exchanges in neighbouring Norway, Sweden and Finland dropped dramatically.
“The stock situation in the Barents Sea is very encouraging, and this will benefit Norwegian and Russian fishermen and coastal communities”, Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga Pedersen said after the end of this week’s session in the Joint Norwegian-Russian Fishery Commission.
The Murmansk regional administration has given its approval of the planned construction of a new apatite mine and processing plant in the central parts of the Kola Peninsula.
The Russian Border Agency (Rosgranitsa) calls for the modernization of several Russian Arctic ports following new oil and gas activities and the higher international focus on the region.
The rising international market price on salmon has given an upturn for Norwegian fish farming industry. Now producers of salmon in northern Norway are about to run out of fish.
Murmansk Oblast’s notification of invitation to tenders for the Murmansk Transport Hub development, was released this week. The total costs of contracts at this stage are 995 million Rubles, of which 463 million Rubles shall be used in 2009.
