Freyr CEO Quits After Ten Months CEO Birger Steen is leaving Freyr with immediate effect after only ten months. The CFO is leaving at the same time for personal reasons, according to the battery company.
High North News’ Food Column Recommends: Greenwashed Castles in the Air on the Menu Commentary: Nutritional advice is in vogue, and High North News is partaking in the trend. Currently, greenwashed castles in the air are recommended as part of the High North diet.
Swedish Fertilizer Producer Puts Factory in Northern Sweden on Hold and Prioritizes the US The Swedish mineral fertilizer producer Cinis Fertilizer announces that they are prioritizing the construction of a factory in Kentucky over the planned facility in Skellefteå.
While Freyr Executives Are Milking the Company, the Shareholders Are Bleeding Commentary: What have the shareholders in Freyr Battery not understood since the share price is sinking like a stone, while the chairman, CEO, local newspaper editor, and a knowledge park believe everything to be well and good?
Freyr Continues With Plans for One of Two Factories in Finland The Norwegian battery company Freyr abandons its plans for the battery cell factory in Finland but keeps the door open for a cathode factory.
The Battery Company Freyr Cuts in Giga Arctic Investment The battery company Freyr has decided to cut costs in building the battery factory in Mo i Rana, Northern Norway, next year. "The news of Freyr putting the factory building for battery production on hold in Mo i Rana is sad and severe," says the Chair of the County Government, Sven Øien Eggesvik.
A Curious Procession of Speculators and Socialists Wanting American Conditions (Commentary) Just as the energy debate was about to move into a somewhat calmer phase, Norwegian socialists throw themselves into the arms of President Joe Biden and wish for American conditions in Norway.
Freyr EVP Operations: “Opening Pilot Factory in 2022” Following two years of planning, Executive Vice President Operations at Freyr’s battery factory in Mo i Rana, Norway presents its progress plan for the startup. “We have to bring in engineers from outside in order to make this happen”, says Executive Vice President Operations Tove N. Ljungquist.
More Than NOK 100 Billion to be Invested in the Norwegian Arctic This Decade “The amounts currently invested in Northern Norway are under-communicated”, says Director Kjell Giæver of Petro Arctic. High North News has mapped the largest investment projects in the Norwegian Arctic.
Freyr Battery Company Gets NOK 7.3 billion and will List on New York Stock Exchange Freyr plans for large-scale battery cell production in Northern Norway. The company expects to create up to 1,500 new jobs over the next four to five years, most of these in the Helgeland region.
