1+ week, 15+ hour ago  (330+ words) By: Ane K Engvik, H'vard Gautneb and Janja K Solberg// Geological Survey of Norway The graphite deposits in northern Norway have been known for a long time; some of them, for instance those in Vester'len, were mentioned back in the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (228+ words) Swedish mining company Boliden said its subsidiary Boliden Kevitsa has launched change negotiations that could affect up to 285 employees as it reviews operations at the Kevitsa open-pit mine, north of Sodankyl" in Lapland, Finland. "Due to the quadrupling of the…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (396+ words) More than 70 people from all over Norway entered the mining facility in the early hours on Saturday. They are now blocking both the road to the construction area and the entrance of the tunnel to the underground mining operation currently…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1240+ words) Three men in balaclavas perform the military song "Katyusha" in a disorderly but cheerful manner right in the middle of the forest, which has the official status of a memorial cemetery. And then: a man splashes water from a bottle…...

8+ mon, 1+ day ago  (362+ words) While exciting to drive down to the LKAB Visitor Center, 540 meters deep in the mine (but still more than 200 meters above sea level), the place itself felt more like a convention centre than a mine. After a 30 min bus ride…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (639+ words) The environmental youth organisation Natur og Ungdom (NU) has together with Sami activists had people at the camp in Repparfjorden for more than three weeks already. "When we heard that the blasting work was starting at the site, we drove…...