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Seabed may yield more than oil

A new study has revealed massive gold, silver, copper, zinc, cobalt and lead deposits in the seafloor within Norway's economic zone. Researchers from the...

Arctic interests clash over mining

The recent discovery of new and potentially lucrative mineral veins containing copper in the mountains above the Repparfjord in Finnmark looks set to stir...

Man charged with plundering silver mine

A 47-year-old man from Drammen known as "Dynamite Harry" has been charged with plundering Norway's historic silver mines in Kongsberg over the last 20...

Stoltenberg basks under Barents sun

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was welcoming dignitaries from around the world to the small northern Norwegian city of Kirkenes this week, to celebrate 20...

Labour backs new Svalbard coal mine

Norway's Labour Party was attracting more criticism from environmental organizations on Tuesday, after its parliamentary group decided to support the opening of a new...

Firm strikes gold on Svalbard

After several months analyzing more than three tons of material excavated from Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic, Canadian and Swedish experts have...

Prospects bright for Arctic mining

State officials are seeing gold in the Arctic wilderness. New mining ventures could employ more people in northern Norway's Finnmark County than the area's...
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