Monthly Highlights from the Russian Arctic, July 2024
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
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Publish date: September 12, 2006
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Experts from the MS Tekhnologii company believe the terminal could have an annual capacity of 1 million ton and cost about 500,000 million USD. А feasibility study of the terminal project has already been made by MS Tekhnologii on request from the Murmansk Sea Port, BarentsObserver reports.
According to the head of the MS Tekhnologii, Sergey Semyonov, the first part of the terminal could be completed already within 2-3 years. This part of the terminal, which will have an estimated capacity of 300,000 ton per year, can be used for the equipment import for the development of offshore oil and gas fields.
Implementation of the second part of the project will require extra 6 years of construction. This second part will facilitate shipping of goods from Far Eastern countries to the US.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi on Tuesday warned during a visit to Russia's Kursk nuclear plant that its proximity to ongoing fighting was "extremely serious" following Ukraine's cross-border offensive into the southwestern Kursk region earlier this month.
Two years after laying the cornerstone for the production facility, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre inaugurated Morrow Batteries, Europe’s first giga...
It is a scenario the Russian side is taking seriously. Already Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, had begun withdrawing staff from the plant and Russian troops are hastily digging trenches around it