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Positive news in the Swedish autumn budget

Investments in infrastructure, research, and skills supply. Several promising reform announcements for a stronger mining and minerals industry when the government presented the budget on Thursday, September 19.

Sweden 2024-09-18

Svemin on financing and risk sharing in new nuclear power

Svemin welcomes the fact that the government continues to work actively with the issues surrounding new nuclear power in Sweden.

Sweden 2024-08-29

Uranium recovery starts at Finnish mine

Finnish mining company Terrafame has begun recovering natural uranium as a by-product of zinc and nickel production at its Sotkamo mine in Talvivaara in the north-east of the country.

Finland 2024-06-19

New milestone: The EU's critical raw materials act enters into force

On May 23, the EU Critical Raw Material Act (CRMA) came into effect. We asked Maria Sunér, CEO of Svemin, why this is important.

Sweden 2024-06-18

Panel discussion: The Nordic Role in the Age of Rare Metals – Potential and Self-Sufficiency

In Brussels, the EU's new Critical Raw Materials Act was negotiated at record speed in 2023 to secure the supply of metals and minerals for key sectors, including climate and energy, defense, and space industries.

Sweden 2024-06-17

Calls for a Norwegian Mineral Fund

Norway has Europe's largest occurrence of rare earth elements. Now the authorities must step in to secure the values in Western hands, demands the Norwegian Mineral Industry.

Sweden 2024-06-17

A big boost for the mining industry

Norwegian Mineral Industry applauds Swedish Grangex's acquisition of Sydvaranger. But the trade is also a reminder of the major challenges facing the industry.

Sweden 2024-06-14

Kingsrose gets bigger muscles

The exploration company Kingsrose has entered into a partnership with BHP, which is one of the largest mining companies in the world. Initially, the two will invest up to NOK 216 million in exploration in Finnmark.

Sweden 2024-06-13

Gotland National Park increases Nordic vulnerability

Protection of valuable nature is an important measure to preserve natural and cultural environments. Svemin, Swedish Association of Mines, Mineral and Metal Producers, is not opposed to a new national park on Gotland, but when it comes to the concrete proposal now presented by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency for the Bästeträsk area, the scope must be changed. The proposal needs to be revised to ensure the supply of so-called ultra-pure limestone is not jeopardized.

Sweden 2024-06-17

Mineral exploration and mining investments increased in 2023

Mineral exploration increased in Finland last year, accelerated by the metals required for the green transition, as well as gold exploration. Mining industry investments also increased from the previous year. Today on 22 March, the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) published the mining authority’s statistical review 2023.

Finland 2024-03-26

Finland discovers rare earth minerals at the Sokli deposit

Finnish Minerals Group and the Geological Survey of Finland have identified two new minerals, kukharenkoite and cordylite, at the company’s Sokli deposit. This is the first time these rare earth minerals have been discovered in the country.

Finland 2023-10-30