Store Norske seeks to reopen a Svalbard coal mine

The company, tasked with cleaning up the mines, wants to extract and sell some coal in parallel with the cleanup. But the Norwegian government is reluctant to approve such a step.

By Arne Finne, High North News May 8, 2018
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The board of Store Norske (the Svalbard coal mining company) has given the go-ahead for a reopening of the Svea coal mine at Svalbard, with for the extraction process to run parallel to the cleanup. The Norwegian government, however, is reluctant.

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