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President Vladimir Putin announces first shipment of Arctic oil from controversial platform

Amsterdam, 18 April 2014 – Russian President Vladimir Putin today announced that state owned energy company Gazprom is ready to send the first ever shipment of oil from offshore Arctic waters to Europe. In a telephone call with Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller – who was onboard the Prirazlomnaya platform in the Arctic’s Pechora sea – …

Rio Tinto – Kestrel Mine Extension starts production

Coal production has started at the Kestrel Mine Extension, a US$2 billion dollar project near Emerald in central Queensland. The extension will add 20 years to the life of the Rio Tinto managed Kestrel Mine, the company’s only underground coal operation. Kestrel Mine general manager operations John Coughlan said “After four years of construction, seeing …