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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) - New resources ava...
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) - New resources available
In December 2023, the APECS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Project Group, in collaboration with the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) EDI Action Group and Thrive Lifeline, embarked on a journey to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive (DEI) mindset and decision-making capability in our organizations leadership bodies. The DEI workshops focused on eroding intrinsic biases, identifying microaggressions,[…] -
Apply for the APECS Executive Committee 2024-2025
Apply for the APECS Executive Committee 2024-2025
APPLY for the APECS Executive Committee to help shape our organization and influence the future of polar research! The elections for the 2024-2025 APECS Executive Committee will be held during May and June 2024 for the term from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025. Application deadline: 24 May 2024 at 23:59 GMT -
Arctic PASSION Online Seminar & Dialogue “Visua...
Arctic PASSION Online Seminar & Dialogue “Visualising Permafrost Landscape Change: An new service by the Arctic PASSION project”
In this online seminar, Arctic PASSION is introducing its pan-Arctic requirements-driven Permafrost Service. The Permafrost Service is based on remote sensing analyses, and detection and mapping of permafrost disturbances at high spatial resolution across large regions. The data helps to quantify landscape change, hydrological dynamics and permafrost vulnerability. In order to make the scientific findings easily accessible, we designed a[…] -
APECS Mentorship Award 2024 - Call for nominations
APECS Mentorship Award 2024 - Call for nominations
Each year APECS seeks to recognize and honor the efforts of its mentors within the international polar scientific community. The APECS Mentorship Award is designed to recognize the time and energy that mentors devote to Early Career Researchers (ECRs), and their efforts to build a community of support. APECS will award a mentor who works with the ECR polar scientific[…] -
A Task Team to advance the development of pan-Arctic ocea...
A Task Team to advance the development of pan-Arctic ocean observing alliance has been established
The development of a structure for improved international coordination of Arctic oceanography, such as an Arctic GOOS (Global Ocean Observing System) Regional Alliance (GRA), has been recommended in various fora in recent years, including during the development of the Arctic Action Plan for the UN Ocean Decade and at various editions of the Arctic Observing Summit (most recently in 2022).[…] -
International experts highly appreciated Ugra's expe...
International experts highly appreciated Ugra's experience in preserving the traditional culture of indigenous peoples
On April 23 in Khanty-Mansiysk during the V All-Russian Forum of National Unity under the auspices of the Northern Forum an international teleconference “Traditional Knowledge: Acquisition, Transmission and Protection” was held, during which the participants exchanged practices of preserving the culture and life of indigenous peoples. -
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues c...
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues continues its work
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is holding its 23rd session in New York from April 15 to 26. The Forum is attended by representatives of UN agencies and bodies, international organizations, indigenous peoples, as well as governmental structures of national states. -
Podcast about the symposium on new literary corpora - Jan...
Podcast about the symposium on new literary corpora - Jan Borm interviewed by Radio Canada Côte Nord
On March 14-15, the Cégep of Sept-Iles in Quebec hosted an international symposium on new Nordic literary corpora co-organized by the research center Imaginaire/Nord of the University of Quebec in Montreal, the research center GRENOC of the Cégep and the Malaurie Institute of Arctic Research Monaco-UVSQ (MIARC) in Versailles, France. -
Tomsk hosted the Northern Forum round table
Tomsk hosted the Northern Forum round table
The Northern Forum is a platform for international, interregional cooperation, exchange of experience, knowledge in all spheres of socio-economic development of the regions and creates various forms and mechanisms, tools for joint work, organizes events of different orientation and different levels, supports project activities. -
The Northern Forum – China: Cooperation in Innovati...
The Northern Forum – China: Cooperation in Innovative Technologies for the Protection and Development of the Arctic
Throughout its history, the Northern Forum has held various events (project meetings, workshops, meetings of the Regional Coordinators Committee, General Assemblies) in different countries, including Russia, USA, Canada, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, China, Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, and New Zealand. -
« Arctic Blues – Écrits de Jean Malaur...
« Arctic Blues – Écrits de Jean Malaurie sur la chasse à la baleine » - guest lecture
Jan Borm, director of the Malaurie Institute of Arctic Research Monaco-UVSQ (MIARC) has been invited to give a guest lecture within the framework of the Nordic Blue Humanities guest lectures series at Sorbonne University / École pratique des hautes études in Paris on 26 April 2024. -
Polar Initiative website: Summaries of the Polar Symposium
Polar Initiative website: Summaries of the Polar Symposium
The 3rd International MOSAiC Science Conference was held under the motto - Transition to Sustained Arctic System Science - and took place from 26 February to 1 March 2024 on the Telegrafenberg Campus in Potsdam (Germany). It was organised by the AWI (Potsdam).
Shipping
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Arctic sea ice: Walking on sunshine
Arctic sea ice: Walking on sunshine
Following the 2024 maximum sea ice extent on March 14, Arctic ice extent has declined slowly such that 2024 March average is the fifteenth lowest in the passive microwave satellite record. The atmospheric circulation pattern for March 2024 featured a strong … Continue reading → -
Arctic sea ice reaches a below-average maximum
Arctic sea ice reaches a below-average maximum
Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 15.01 million square kilometers (5.80 million square miles) on March 14. The 2024 maximum is the fourteenth lowest in the 46-year satellite record. Overview of conditions On … Continue reading → -
Leaping toward spring
Leaping toward spring
During February, Arctic sea ice extent increased along the lower 10 percent interdecile value, with the average monthly extent tied for fifteenth lowest in the satellite record. Temperatures were above average over the central Arctic, but still well below freezing. Antarctic … Continue reading → -
Antarctic sea ice extent hits a third low in a row
Antarctic sea ice extent hits a third low in a row
On February 20, Antarctic sea ice likely reached its minimum extent of 1.99 million square kilometers (768,000 square miles), tying for second lowest extent in the 1979 to 2024 satellite record. This is the third consecutive year that Antarctic sea … Continue reading → -
Nothing Swift about January’s Arctic sea ice
Nothing Swift about January’s Arctic sea ice
Arctic sea ice growth was slower than average through most of the month, but with extent slightly declining towards the end of the month. Antarctic sea ice extent returned to near-record daily lows after a brief excursion out of the … Continue reading → -
ARCTIC SHIPPING UPDATE: 37% INCREASE IN SHIPS IN THE ARCT...
ARCTIC SHIPPING UPDATE: 37% INCREASE IN SHIPS IN THE ARCTIC OVER 10 YEARS
Arctic shipping continues to increase, according to an update of PAME’s Arctic Shipping Status Report #1: The Increase in Arctic Shipping. The original report covered the period 2013-2019. The updated report adds data for 2020-2023. Increase in ships in the Arctic and distance sailed The number of unique ships entering the Arctic Polar Code area[1] from 2013 to 2023 increased by 37%, around[…] -
Fast December expansion
Fast December expansion
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A brief winter pause
A brief winter pause
While autumn sea ice growth is in full swing, brief pauses are not unusual. Starting November 22, the ice growth stalled almost completely for five days as a series of storms guided an atmospheric river into the Arctic, transporting warm, … Continue reading → -
Northernmost "Plastic in a Bottle" launched at ...
Northernmost "Plastic in a Bottle" launched at 84 degrees
Launched at 84 degrees north, the capsule will enable the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment to track how plastics travel in and out of Arctic watersELIZABETH MCLANAHAN, VICE CHAIR OF PAME AND DIRECTOR AT NOAA, AND OLE ARVE MISUND, DIRECTOR OF THE NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE (2017-2023) STAND WITH THE PLASTIC IN A BOTTLE CAPSULE ABOARD THE RV KRONPRINS HAAKON.©[…] -
Pro-Palestine Activists Halt Israeli Shipping Company Ope...
Pro-Palestine Activists Halt Israeli Shipping Company Operations in Melbourne
A pro-Palestine demonstration by around 300 individuals compelled Israeli shipping major ZIM to alter the arrival of a cargo vessel into the Port of Melbourne, per the World Socialist Web Site. Pro-Palestine Activists Halt Israeli Shipping Company Operations in Melbourne appeared first on Marine Insight - The Maritime Industry Guide -
Shell Sues Greenpeace For $2.1 Million After Activists Bo...
Shell Sues Greenpeace For $2.1 Million After Activists Boarded Moving Oil Vessel In The Atlantic
Shell is suing Greenpeace for a total of $2.1 million in penalties after the organisation's activists boarded its oil production vessel in transit this year. Shell Sues Greenpeace For $2.1 Million After Activists Boarded Moving Oil Vessel In The Atlantic appeared first on Marine Insight - The Maritime Industry Guide -
HMS Queen Elizabeth Placed Under NATO Command In A Histor...
HMS Queen Elizabeth Placed Under NATO Command In A Historic Move
NATO controlled HMS Queen Elizabeth and its tough task group, including destroyers, frigates, and F-35B Lightning jets. HMS Queen Elizabeth Placed Under NATO Command In A Historic Move appeared first on Marine Insight - The Maritime Industry Guide
Climate Change
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Europe's road transport needs to shift gears towards...
Europe's road transport needs to shift gears towards sustainability
Growing transport volumes have been driving Europe’s road transport emissions up in the past two decades. A European Environment Agency (EEA) analysis, published today, shows how total greenhouse gas emissions from both passenger cars and heavy goods vehicles have increased in Europe, despite better engine efficiency and use of biofuels. -
The looming threat for Maine’s iconic potato industry
The looming threat for Maine’s iconic potato industry
By Lori Valigra (Bangor Daily News) and Caitlin Looby (Climate Central) with Jen Brady (Climate Central) contributing to data reporting Maire Lenihan coaxes organic Keuka Gold potatoes into a washing machine at Goranson Farm in Dresden on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN Maine farmer Ryan Guerrette irrigated his 1,200 acres of potatoes in Caribou more often in the past few years, when[…] -
Ellis Island, lighthouses among historic NJ sites floodin...
Ellis Island, lighthouses among historic NJ sites flooding as seas rise
By Ayurella Horn-Muller (Climate Central ) and Andrew S. Lewis and Michael Sol Warren (NJ Spotlight News), with television segment by Brenda Flanagan (NJ Spotlight News) Read the Climate Central report, Future Flood Risk: Historic Sites in NJ. The Garden State’s history is starting to wash away. New Jersey as it exists today was built up over hundreds of years from the arrival[…] -
Still rare in Iowa, electric car powers Des Moines family...
Still rare in Iowa, electric car powers Des Moines family’s home during blackouts
By Ayurella Horn-Muller (Climate Central) and Amber Alexander (NBC WHO 13 Des Moines) Kerri Johannsen was less than a week from giving birth to her second child when a derecho wielding winds up to 100 mph swept through Iowa. Johannsen’s power went out for four days. “It was hot,” she said. “We were just trying to manage.” The Des Moines[…] -
Storied Maine ski resort bets future on reining in high c...
Storied Maine ski resort bets future on reining in high costs of warmer winters
By Lori Valigra and Elizabeth Miller A skier jumps into the air in front of a large snow-making machine at Shawnee Peak in Bridgton on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Modern advances in snow-making technology are helping Maine ski areas stay open despite the warming climate. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN BRIDGTON, Maine — Billy Dolliver’s blue eyes twinkled at the mountain[…] -
Emissions from road traffic and domestic heating behind b...
Emissions from road traffic and domestic heating behind breaches of EU air quality standards across Europe
Breaches of EU air quality limits for nitrogen dioxide across Europe were predominantly due to road traffic, while domestic heating lay behind the majority of exceedances for particulate matter, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment on air quality plans published today. -
Hardly any past Winter Olympic host cities will have the ...
Hardly any past Winter Olympic host cities will have the snow to host in 60 years
By Clarisa Diaz and Elizabeth Miller Rain, wet snow, and shallow snow are all expected to increase at former Olympic venues over the coming decades, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Waterloo. It projects that nearly all prior host cities for the Olympics will see weather conditions that make it difficult to hold outdoor winter sports competitions. The[…] -
Circular business models and smarter design can reduce en...
Circular business models and smarter design can reduce environment and climate impacts from textiles
Textile consumption in Europe has on average the fourth highest impacts on the environment and climate, following consumption of food, housing and mobility. Ahead of the expected European Union (EU) strategy for sustainable and circular textiles, the European Environment Agency (EEA) published today two briefings that look at measures to reduce those impacts, including on resource use, greenhouse gas emissions[…] -
Europe's environmental taxes in decline, despite pot...
Europe's environmental taxes in decline, despite potentially crucial role
The European Green Deal acknowledges the crucial role of taxation in Europe’s sustainability transition. A new European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, published today, shows that revenues from environmental taxes can support transition investments but future revenue streams from these taxes will erode as European Union (EU) environmental and climate policy objectives are achieved. The relative share of environmental taxes to[…] -
Economic losses from weather and climate-related extremes...
Economic losses from weather and climate-related extremes in Europe reached around half a trillion euros over past 40 years
Extreme weather events like storms, heatwaves and flooding accounted for economic losses of around half a trillion euros over the past 40 years and led to between 85 000 and 145 000 human fatalities across Europe. Less than one-third of these losses were insured, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) analysis of economic losses and fatalities from weather and[…] -
How green are European cities? Green space key to well-be...
How green are European cities? Green space key to well-being – but access varies
High-quality green and blue spaces in cities, like parks, allotments, riverbanks and coastlines, are crucial for health and well-being, in particular for the elderly, children and people on low incomes. However, a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, published today, shows that access is not equal. -
Data may be Colorado’s best bet to mitigate increas...
Data may be Colorado’s best bet to mitigate increasing wildfire risk on the Front Range
By Michael Booth, The Colorado Sun and John Upton, Climate Central Grass fires have threatened the meadows and homes near Chatridge Court and U.S. 85 three times in five years, and firefighters work hard to keep flames from moving over the hill into thousands of homes in Highlands Ranch. These photos are from the 2016 Chatridge fire. (South Metro Fire[…]
Science
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NSF and USDA join forces to boost innovation in agricultu...
NSF and USDA join forces to boost innovation in agricultural robotics
The U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) are teaming up to advance foundational research in agricultural robotics. The agencies are issuing a new Dear… -
New center supported by NSF will catalyze data-driven ins...
New center supported by NSF will catalyze data-driven insights in molecular and cellular biosciences
The U.S. National Science Foundation has made a $20 million award to support the creation of the National Synthesis Center for Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences (NCEMS). The center will combine vast amounts of available data on… -
NSF honors 3 outstanding early-career researchers with th...
NSF honors 3 outstanding early-career researchers with the Alan T. Waterman Award
The U.S. National Science Foundation honored three researchers with the Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation's highest honor for early-career scientists and engineers. The 2024 recipients: Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell, a biomedical engineer at Johns Hopkins… -
NSF invests $90M in innovative national scientific cyberi...
NSF invests $90M in innovative national scientific cyberinfrastructure for transforming STEM education
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced today a strategic investment of $90 million over five years in SafeInsights, a unique national scientific cyberinfrastructure aimed at transforming learning research and STEM education. Funded through… -
Warming climate is putting more metals into Colorado&rsqu...
Warming climate is putting more metals into Colorado’s mountain streams
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World’s oases threatened by desertification, even a...
World’s oases threatened by desertification, even as humans expand them
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Art Meets Science for Earth Day
Art Meets Science for Earth Day
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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
This week with NSF Director Panchanathan
This week, US National Science Foundation Director worked to strengthen pathways into STEM and expand the agency’s reach in communities across the nation and world. At the Arctic Encounter Symposium, Director Panchanathan took center stage alongside… -
NSF expands the NSF Convergence Accelerator to 10 regions...
NSF expands the NSF Convergence Accelerator to 10 regions nationwide
The U.S. National Science Foundation is excited to announce the expansion of the NSF Convergence Accelerator to 10 regions to enhance national and regional competitiveness in research, innovation and workforce development. These 10 regional… -
New funding opportunity seeks to invest in additional NSF...
New funding opportunity seeks to invest in additional NSF Regional Innovation Engines
Pending congressional appropriations, the NSF Engines program aims to add additional regions to the 10 inaugural awardees announced earlier this year, expanding innovation potential across the U.S. The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a… -
NSF Director Panchanathan headlines Arctic Encounter Symp...
NSF Director Panchanathan headlines Arctic Encounter Symposium 2024 as VIP speaker, meets Alaska senator and announces a $20M award to three Alaskan research institutions
In mid-April, U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan joined world leaders from more than 25 countries at the annual Arctic Encounter Symposium in Anchorage, Alaska, where he delivered featured remarks during a showcasing… -
New research centers will investigate effects of ocean-re...
New research centers will investigate effects of ocean-related problems on human health
Millions of tons of small pieces of plastic are finding their way into the world's waters, and then into human beings. The plastics are often eaten by fish and shellfish and then passed to humans when they consume seafood. These plastic particles and…
Politics & Society
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CO2 keeps accelerating
CO2 keeps accelerating
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Temperature rise in the Tropics (update 3)
Temperature rise in the Tropics (update 3)
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Behind Aleksandr Lukashenko’s grand port plan in Mu...
Behind Aleksandr Lukashenko’s grand port plan in Murmansk is a dodgy deal signed by a disgraced ex-convict
The agreement signed this week by Murmansk Governor Andrei Chibis and Belarusian businessman Andrei Bunakov was celebrated as landmark deal on Arctic infrastructure development. A new seaport terminal for Belarusian goods is to be built on the western shore of the Kola Bay. According to Governor Chibis, the new terminal will have capacity to handle up to 25 million tons of[…] -
Russian LNG, Europe and the Sanctions
Russian LNG, Europe and the Sanctions
LNG has become increasingly popular in recent years due to advancements in technology that have made it more affordable to extract and transport. Russia has emerged as a leading producer and exporter of LNG, with the latest data showing that it ranks fourth in the world in terms of production Сообщение Russian LNG, Europe and the Sanctions появились сначала на[…] -
Miniature bronze portrait of Alexander the Great unearthe...
Miniature bronze portrait of Alexander the Great unearthed in Denmark
Metal detectorists have recently unearthed a rare miniature bronze portrait of Alexander the Great, states livescience.com. The discovery was made during survey work in Ringsted, located on the Danish island of Zealand. Upon discovery, the artifact was handed over to Museum West Zealand. According to a statement by Museum West Zealand, the miniature portrait, known […] The post Miniature bronze[…] -
International experts highly appreciated Ugra's expe...
International experts highly appreciated Ugra's experience in preserving the traditional culture of indigenous peoples
On April 23 in Khanty-Mansiysk during the V All-Russian Forum of National Unity under the auspices of the Northern Forum an international teleconference “Traditional Knowledge: Acquisition, Transmission and Protection” was held, during which the participants exchanged practices of preserving the culture and life of indigenous peoples. -
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues c...
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues continues its work
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is holding its 23rd session in New York from April 15 to 26. The Forum is attended by representatives of UN agencies and bodies, international organizations, indigenous peoples, as well as governmental structures of national states. -
Finland relaxed over Moscow’s plans to deploy Iskan...
Finland relaxed over Moscow’s plans to deploy Iskander-M missiles near border
It is Kremlin-loyal newspaper Izvestia that reports about the Defense Ministry’s new formation of a separate missile brigade in the Republic of Karelia. “Iskanders performed very well during the Special Military Operation [read: war], so the Finns should know that if something happens, such joy can come to them,” military expert Dmitry Boltenkov said to Izvestia. Iskander-M is mobile and[…] -
A coating for aircraft engines in the Arctic has been dev...
A coating for aircraft engines in the Arctic has been developed in Russia
Engineers from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University have developed impact-resistant and anti-icing coatings for turbojet engines. According to the university, its erosion resistance is at least twice that of foreign counterparts Сообщение A coating for aircraft engines in the Arctic has been developed in Russia появились сначала на The Arctic Century. -
US Army sends heavy equipment to Norwegian Arctic port of...
US Army sends heavy equipment to Norwegian Arctic port of Narvik for transfer to Finland
The 227 meter long vehicle carrier Arc Integrity on the 24th of April made port call in the Narvik Harbour. On board was several hundred pieces of equipment that are to be applied in a series of NATO training operations in northern Europe. The equipment belongs to the US Army 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division[…] -
Nornickel moves production to China to circumvent sanctions
Nornickel moves production to China to circumvent sanctions
Vladimir Potanin, the main shareholder of mega-polluter Nornickel, admits in a remarkable statement with Kremlin’s information agency Interfax that Western sanctions reduces the company’s revenue by up to 20%. To circumnavigate sanctions, Potanin says Nornickel plans to establish a joint venture with a Chinese company and move parts of the copper smelting to China. It was earlier in April that[…] -
North Russian region of Arkhangelsk spends hundreds of mi...
North Russian region of Arkhangelsk spends hundreds of millions on aid to occupiers of Melitopol
On June 14, 2023, the Governor of the Arkhangelsk region, Alexander Tsybulsky, and the head of the occupation administration of Ukrainian Melitopol, Galina Danilchenko, signed a cooperation agreement. The region promised Melitopol to help restore infrastructure, promote the development of science, education, tourism, culture, sports, and other fields, the regional government said in a statement published on its social media[…]
Resources
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Joint pre study on sustainable transition
Joint pre study on sustainable transition
Boliden, Nevel, Skellefteå Kraft and Sveaskog have signed a letter of intent on a feasibility study to establish a value chain for hydrogen and… -
Communiqué from Boliden's Annual General Meeting
Communiqué from Boliden's Annual General Meeting
Boliden's Annual General Meeting was held on April 23, 2024 live in Boliden and through postal voting. Board of Directors The Meeting… -
Boliden's Q1 2024: Key investment decisions in a cha...
Boliden's Q1 2024: Key investment decisions in a challenging quarter
"Despite more challenges than usual during the quarter, we have been able to maintain production well, especially in Business Area Mines. In addition… -
Invitation presentation of Boliden's Q1 2024 report
Invitation presentation of Boliden's Q1 2024 report
Boliden will announce its Interim Report for the first quarter 2024 on Tuesday 23 April at 07:45 (CEST). A press and analyst conference will be held… -
Total impact on Boliden from political strikes in Finland...
Total impact on Boliden from political strikes in Finland in the first quarter 2024
A number of trade unions in Finland have carried out political strikes during the quarter, which have affected Boliden's access to critical… -
Invitation to the Annual General Meeting of Boliden AB (p...
Invitation to the Annual General Meeting of Boliden AB (publ)
The shareholders of Boliden AB (publ) (company registration number 556051-4142) are summoned to the Annual General Meeting to be held on Tuesday,… -
Boliden's capital market update: Investment in new t...
Boliden's capital market update: Investment in new tank house at Rönnskär
Boliden has decided to invest in a new tank house at Rönnskär. The investment, which totals SEK 4.8 billion, means that production of copper cathodes… -
Impact on Boliden from political strike in Finland
Impact on Boliden from political strike in Finland
A number of trade unions have announced a two-week long political strike in Finland starting March 11, 2024. The strike is politically motivated and… -
Boliden enters into agreement with Hypex Bio for producti...
Boliden enters into agreement with Hypex Bio for production and delivery of environmentally and climate-friendly explosives
As the first mining operator, Boliden has signed an agreement for the production and delivery of a newly developed explosive with significantly… -
Boliden publishes Annual and Sustainability Report 2023
Boliden publishes Annual and Sustainability Report 2023
Boliden's Annual and Sustainability Report 2023 is now available at www.boliden.com. The report highlights the company's development and…
