Land and Environment Court of Appeal (Mark- och Miljööverdomstolen) has today decided to reject Cementa’s application for continued and expanded quarry operations on Gotland. The justification is that the company’s environmental impact statement contains such shortcomings that there are procedural obstacles to examining the application.
Read moreSustainable Finance. Right now, the work on criteria for the mining industry in the current taxonomy is at an important stage. The first proposal will now be presented at the end of July.
Read moreUNESCO has answered the government’s question about if and how the Laponia World Heritage Site could be affected by a mine in Kallak, 34 km’s away. The handling of the publication of the answer is remarkable.
Read moreOn 17 June, the Riksdag decided to adopt the Government’s bill on stricter control over explosive goods. The amendments to the law mean, among other things, that the current permit examination will be more extensive.
Read moreIf we continue to build our green transition on metals and minerals from undemocratic countries, the transition, just as Vetonu says, will be “dirty”, Svemin writes in a reply today.
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