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NIB finances research into water efficiency

6 Oct 2010

A new loan to Finnish water chemistry company Kemira Oyj will be used to finance research at the newly established Centre for water efficiency excellence.

NIB: More investments in renewable energy needed after crisis

30 Sep 2010

Speaking at NEREC in Oslo, Harro Pitkänen, NIB Head of Business Development and Control, underlined that investment needs in the energy sector grow hand-in-hand with new challenges in the financial market.

NIB President: Creating a productive sector the biggest challenge for the Baltics

24 Sep 2010

Speaking at the Baltic Economic Forum in Riga, NIB President Johnny Åkerholm stressed the role of public and private resources in ensuring the accessibility of financing for growth strategy.

NIB finances Boliden’s e-scrap recycling plant in Sweden

21 Sep 2010

A new environmental loan will help Swedish Boliden nearly triple its capacity for recycling electronic scrap.

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8 Sep 2010

NIB has opened an account on Twitter. The new communications channel is being utilised for promoting NIB’s news and events, press releases, articles on NIB-financed projects, interviews and publications. Join us on Twitter!

NIB seminar: ”It is time to implement the Baltic Sea Action Plan”

8 Sep 2010 Harro Pitkänen and Gabriella Lindhom at the seminar. Photo: Kyra Koponen

Speakers at a seminar, hosted by NIB and NEFCO during the World Water Week in Stockholm, called for concrete projects to be identified for improving the health of the Baltic Sea.

NIB finances SSAB’s expansion in Sweden

27 Aug 2010

NIB has provided a loan totalling USD 85 million to Sweden’s steel manufacturer SSAB to finance the expansion of one of the company’s plants in Borlänge, Sweden.

NIB President: Despite challenges, the euro is Europe's best option

15 Jul 2010 NIB President and CEO Johnny Åkerholm. Photo: Johannes Jansson / Norden.org

According to NIB President Johnny Åkerholm, although the euro will not offer the same stability in few years to come as in the early 2000s, the single currency remains Europe's best option.

Category A projects for public disclosure

2 Jul 2010

In accordance with NIB's revised environmental policy, projects with potentially extensive environmental impacts (category A) are made publicly available by NIB for comment before the Bank makes a decision on financing the project.

Information on the A projects Länsimetro (Finland) and Vilnius Western bypass road (Lithuania) is available for 30 days since 2 July 2010.

NIB finances first PPP hospital project in the Nordic region

1 Jul 2010

NIB has signed a loan agreement with Swedish Skanska and British Innisfree totalling SEK 1,500 million for financing the construction of the New Karolinska Solna Hospital in Sweden.