MURMANSK REGION
Location: in the North-West of the European
part of Russia.
Almost the whole territory is located on the
Kola Peninsula, above the Arctic Circle.
The region is washed by the Barents Sea
and the White Sea.
Area – 144,9 thous. km²
(0,85 % of the total area of Russia)
In the West and the North-West it borders on
Finland and Norway, in the South-West –on
the Republic of Karelia.
Administrative center–
City of Murmansk – the largest city above the
Arctic Circle in the world (population
as of 01.01.2014 – 299,1 thous. people)
Population
As of 01.01.2014 – 777,1 thous. people
(0,5 % of the population of Russia)
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MINERAL RESOURCES OF MURMANSK REGION
Share of the region in
the all-Russia
manufacturing of
mineral resources
Apatite
concentrate
100 %
Baddeleyite
concentrate
100 %
Nepheline
concentrate
100 %
Nickel
45 %
Iron-ore
concentrate
10 %
Refined copper
7%
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MINING AND METALLURGICAL COMPLEX OF MURMANSK REGION
JSC “KOLSKAYA GMK”
(JSC “GMK “NORILSK NICKEL”)
Mining of sulphide copper-nickel ores and
production of nonferrous metals
JSC “APATIT”
(JSC “PHOSAGRO АG”)
JSC “NWPC”
(“Acron Group”)
Apatite-nepheline ores mining and
proceeding, apatite and nepheline
concentrates production
JSC “KOVDORSKIY GOK”
(JSC “MCC “EUROCHEM”)
Production of iron-ore, apatite and baddeleyite
concentrates
JSC “OLKON”
(JSC “SEVERSTAL”)
Mining of banded iron formation, production of
iron-ore concentrate, ferrite strontium
powders
JSC “SUAL «KAZ-SUAL”
(UC RUSAL)
Production of aluminum from imported
alumina
DEPOSITES OF RARE EARTH METALS OF THE KOLA PENINSULA
PLATINUM GROUP METALS DEPOSIT “FEDEROVA TUNDRA”
Investment volume ~ RUR 47,0 bln.
Scheduled result:
 Construction of beneficiation plant with
capacity of 6 mln. tones
of PGM ore per year;
At
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

present time:
The project moved to the mode of data proceeding works (all field works completed);
RUR 265 mln. spent on drilling campaign  ~ 28 500 meters of wells drilled;
90 jobs created within the project;
AFRICANDA DEPOSIT
Titanium (12%), Ferrum (15,6%), terres rares (0,67%), niobium/tantalum (0,22%)
 Scheduled to be introduced to subsoil
user at the tender in 2015;
 Raw materials reserves enough for 100
years (900 thous. tones of ore per year);
 End-products production at the first stage 50-55 thous. tones per year.
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INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SHELF PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION
LLC “Kolskaya Verf”/Kola Shipyard
(OJSC “NOVATEK”) - the center for construction of
super large marine facilities in Belokamenka village.
LLC “Кarmorneftegaz” (Lavna) – well sites construction
and drilling operations support
OJSC “Oil Company «Rosneft” - creation of onshore
supply base for offshore projects on the platform of OJSC
“82 SRY”/Ship Repair Yard (Roslyakovo)
LLC “Gazpromneft-Sakhalin” - well sites construction
and drilling operations support
LLC “Gazflot” - drilling works support base
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TERRITORIAL SEA – EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE AND
CONTINENTAL SHELF
Open sea
Shelf
Exclusive economic zone (200 miles -370,4km)
Contiguous zone (12 miles – 22,2 km)
Territorial waters
Inland waters
Base line
Dry land
DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
OF THE REGION
Integrated development of the Murmansk transportation hub
Total amount of investment – RUR144,9 bln.
Total number of jobs created – over 1000
Coal Terminal
Crude Oil Loading
Terminal
Rail way Reconstruction
Coal Terminal
Reconstruction
Logistic Center
Container Terminal
NORTHERN SEA ROUTE – FOUNDATION OF THE ARCTIC
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OF RUSSIA
NSR:
 connects Atlantic and the Pacific
Ocean thought the arctic waters
 allows access to the natural
resources of the Extreme North,
Siberia and the Far East
Мурманск
Key benefits:
 reduction of distance and saving
travel time
 no threat of maritime piracy
Conditional Route start/end point
Route through NSR
Route through the Indian Ocean
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NORTHERN SEA ROUTE
Murmansk
FISHERIES INDUSTRY OF MURMANSK REGION
Volume of aquatic
bioresources caught,
thous.tones
658
620
697
572
Volume of fish farmed by fish farming
companies, thous. tones
672
83,9
22 %
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
16,9
18,9
21,2
2012
2014
2016
2020
98,9
2025
Share of the region in all-Russia volume of shipped
products in value terms “Fishing, fish rearing” activity
based
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ARCTIC TOURISM
“Arctic Harbor”
 Organizing regular ferry service to Norway
 Increase in number of calls of ships of foreign cruise
lines to the port of Murmansk
 Increasing the share of cruise travel in the tourism
industry of the region
Investment Volume:
RUR 1 bln. 162 mln. from federal budget resources
Arctic Expo-center on board of the icebreaker “Lenin”
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ARCTIC TOURISM
“Arctic Harbor”
Arctic cruise route
“Port Murmansk– national park
“Russian Arctic” – port Arkhangelsk”
CENTER OF MOUNTAIN SKIING TOURISM – TOWN OF KIROVSK
November 2014 - opening of the new gondola-chair cable
lift, which connected two skiing zones: the town slope
and the south slope of the Aykyayvenchorr mountain .
Snow village in
Kirovsk
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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
International projects
are implemented in the
territory of the region in
compliance with
number of
intergovernmental
bilateral and multilateral
agreements on
cooperation of the
Russian Federation
with foreign countries
Strengthening international cooperation is the key factor for solving
many burning issues and ensuring sustainable development of the
Arctic macroregion
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
BEAR cooperation - 40 projects, including:
 Barents cross-border dialogue
 Norwegian-Russian Customs project
 Barents Culture
 Youth program
 Barents-journalism
 Cooperation of indigenous people of North –
Saami
“Kolarctic” Programm - 45 projects, including:
 Reconstruction of the motorway KandalakshaAlakurtti-CHP “Salla”
 Agropark Alakurtti
 Arctic expo-center on board of the ice-breaker
“Lenin”
 Youth innovative ventures
 Barents logistics 2
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MURMANSK REGION - ON ARCTIC COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT
Key decisions on the federal level
 Strategy for development of the
Arctic Zone of the Russian
Federation and National Security
Maintenance for the period up to
2020 and action plan for its
implementation are approved
 Project of the state program of the
Russian
Federation
“Socioeconomic development of
the Arctic Zone of the Russian
Federation for the period up to
2020” is developed
 Sate Commission for development
of
the
Arctic
under
the
chairmanship of the
Deputy
Prime Minister of the Russian
Federation Mr. D.O.Rogozin is
created
RUSSIAN NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE ARCTIC
 The Arctic zone of the Russian Federation is a
strategic resource base securing accomplishment
of the socioeconomic tasks of the county
development
 The Northern Sea Route is a national single
transport communication of the Russian
Federation in the Arctic
 The Arctic is a zone of peace and cooperation
 A unique eco-system of the Arctic
The Murmansk region is
a strategic center of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation