Tag: industry
Local music biz bucks downturn
The global music industry has hit a sour note in recent years, but paid streaming services like Spotify and Wimp have reinvigorated the Norwegian...
New Orkla boss offers ‘safe hands’
A new chief executive has taken the reins at Orkla AS, one of Norway's largest firms. The board of directors has appointed board and...
KLP calls for Yara chairman to quit
Yara International's third-largest shareholder, the Local Government Pension Fund (Kommunal Landspensjonskasse, KLP), wants the chemical producer's chairman to step down as a cloud...
Libyan group blockades Yara factory
Norwegian fertilizer company Yara shut down production and sent staff from its Marsa al Brega factory out of Libya this week, after a local...
Solberg: Norway ‘can’t be mediocre’
Good education is the key to maintaining Norway's prosperous welfare state, as the country moves towards a less oil-driven economy. To that end, talks...
Norwegian stock market soars
The Norwegian stock market (Oslo Børs) is toasting its best year since 2009, after the Benchmark Index rose 23.6 percent in 2013. Healthcare and...
Yara spreads out in the Latin American fertilizer market
Norwegian industrial giant Yara has announced a NOK 2.6 billion (USD 425 million) takeover of a Colombian-based fertilizer producer, taking Yara's total investment in...
Sun came out in Rjukan
An unusual mirror project that reflects sunshine into a dark Norwegian valley attracted international media attention on Wednesday, when it officially cast its light...
Tough times in the timber industry
One of Norwegian forest owners' most important local customers will be going out of business this weekend, when the Södra Cell Tofte cellulose firm...
Mirrors to reflect sun on Rjukan
The Norwegian industrial town of Rjukan is known for its darkness in winter, nestled as it is at the bottom of a narrow valley...
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