Russian mining companies are doing a better job at reporting their efforts to mitigate environmental impacts and protect their natural surroundings, says the 2019 Environmental Transparency Rating of Mining and Metals Companies Operating in Russia, published by the local chapter of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
According to WWF, this...
Russia’s floating nuclear power plant, a first of its kind project widely criticized by environmentalists, started sending electricity on Thursday to a region in Russia's Arctic, RIA Novosti reported.
The floating plant, named the Akademik Lomonosov, was sent in August to the Chukotka Peninsula, an area 5,500 kilometers (3,400 miles)...
Carbon tetrachloride, a lethal chemical meant to be tightly controlled by an international agreement, is what caused a massive oil contamination scandal in Russia’s Druzhba pipeline this year, Reuters reported citing the results of three separate, undisclosed tests.
A summary of the results of a test carried out for Russia’s...
Another mass protest was held this week in the northwestern Russian town of Kotlas against the construction of a new landfill for waste from the country’s capital Moscow, Radio Liberty reported.
According to the organizers of the rally, about 10,000 people turned out in the town of 60,000 on Sunday....
Russia’s Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and the Arctic expects around 15 trillion rubles ($235 billion) to be invested in the Arctic within the next 15 years due to subsidies envisioned by the development strategy for Russia’s Arctic zone through 2035, Deputy Minister Alexander Krutikov...
In a new report on the Russian economy, the World Bank recommended on Wednesday that the country considers introducing "carbon taxes" or other carbon charging mechanisms, RIA Novosti reports.
"In the medium-to-long-term, and with the necessary political backing, it would be important to increase fuel excise taxes and differentiate tax...
Indian companies IREL (Erstwhile Indian Rare Earths Ltd) and KABIL (Khanij Bidesh India Ltd) are looking into rare-earth elements projects in Russia, the country’s Far East Investment and Export Agency has said, according to Interfax.
A Russian delegation presented perspective projects that could be implemented in the remote Far Eastern region and...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree on endorsing an anti-tobacco concept aimed at reducing the number of smokers among Russian adults to 21% by 2035, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports.
Russia’s Health Ministry together with respective federal bodies of executive power will draw up a plan in the coming...
Russia’s oldest steelmaker and one of the country’s biggest polluters, Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel PJSC, (MMK) plans to spend around $600 million on environmental projects, Bloomberg reported.
During the company’s Capital Markets Day in London on Friday, Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel PJSC, (MMK), told analysts, investors, and press that its...
One of Russia’s largest gold and silver producers, Polymetal, has opened talks with leading European banks to raise “green” financing for four of its projects, bneIntellinews reports.
The miner is the latest to join a go-green wave that is building amongst Russia’s leading corporates. According to CEO Vitaly Nesis, the...
