Roundtable Discussion; The Future of Mineral Sands. Watch the video here.
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Great stuff Pocko, thanks for sharing.
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Jokkmokk's municipal councilor Robert Bernhardsson continues to work actively for a mine in Kallak. "It's part of my mission," he says.
JOKKMOKK 1 OCTOBER 2020 05:00
The question of whether or not Kallakgruvan's goods are raised by Robert Bernhardsson (S) due to the strained economic situation in which the municipality of Jokkmokk finds itself. He believes that it could have looked different.
- I can not help but think about what alternative situation we would have been in the current municipality's planning if a mining permit had been granted for Kallak 2016/17. Then the business would have started next year and been in full operation in 2022. The idea of ??how everything could have looked is a thought I can not completely let go. But now it did not happen, which means that we have it much tougher.
Robert Bernhardsson talks about 500 jobs in the start-up phase and about 250 when production is underway. He also wants to see a longer time perspective, between 25 and 30 years, than what has been mentioned by, among others, the County Administrative Board. 14 years has been a key figure here, something that Bernhardsson sees as an over-interpretation. Even as a mistake.
- It feels like a deliberate over-interpretation, which is unfortunate. It is not correct to square a figure based on the initial survey of the value and content of the deposit. That value has been reached after 14 years, but then exploration continues. Aitik, for example, was eight years old, and that mine is still alive.
How sure can you be of this?
- It is not unique, it is a normal, commercial action in the industry. No new mine opened has been completed after the figure from the first assessment.
Is Kallak the only way Jokkmokk can go?
- No, but our future path must not exclude certain industries or industries that want to invest and thus strengthen welfare, they must interest us. I defend myself against the description of one or the other. I am convinced that we can have a strong hospitality industry, industrial establishment and a powerful reindeer husbandry. But we have to talk to each other, Bernhardsson states and continues:
- The hospitality industry will grow and generate jobs. My assessment is a growth of five to six times. That would mean that it takes up larger areas is what Kallak would do. But it does not have to be the opposite.
A deserted Jokkmokk in 65 years?
- I've never put it that way. But we are becoming fewer and today more people die than are born. That curve flattens out in seven years. But we need a larger tax base, therefore jobs are needed and I have the task of working for this.
Q&A with the Mayor... Sliding doors...
Jokkmokks kommunalrÄd Robert Bernhardsson jobbar fortsatt aktivt för en gruva i Kallak. "Det Àr en del i mitt uppdrag", sÀger han.
JOKKMOKK 1 OKTOBER 2020 05:00
FrÄgan om Kallakgruvans vara eller icke vara aktualiseras av Robert Bernhardsson (S) med anledning av det anstrÀngda ekonomiska lÀge som Jokkmokks kommun befinner sig i. Han menar att det hade kunnat sett annorlunda ut.
â Jag kan inte lĂ„ta bli att fundera pĂ„ vilket alternativt lĂ€ge vi hade varit i gĂ€llande kommunens planering om det hade beviljats brytningstillstĂ„nd för Kallak 2016/17. DĂ„ hade verksamheten startat igĂ„ng nĂ€sta Ă„r och varit i full drift 2022. Tanken pĂ„ hur allt hade kunnat se ut Ă€r en tanke jag inte helt kan slĂ€ppa. Men nu blev det inte sĂ„ vilket innebĂ€r att vi har det betydligt tuffare.
Robert Bernhardsson pratar om 500 arbetstillfÀllen i uppstartsskedet och cirka 250 nÀr produktionen Àr igÄng. Han vill Àven se ett lÀngre tidsperspektiv, mellan 25 och 30 Är, Àn vad som nÀmnts av, bland andra, LÀnsstyrelsen. HÀr har 14 Är varit ett ledtal, nÄgot som Bernhardsson ser som en övertolkning. Till och med som en felaktighet.
â Det kĂ€nns som en medveten övertolkning vilket Ă€r olyckligt. Det Ă€r inte korrekt att torgföra en siffra som baseras pĂ„ den initiala undersökningen av fyndighetens vĂ€rde och innehĂ„ll. Det vĂ€rdet Ă€r uppnĂ„tt efter 14 Ă„r men dĂ„ fortsĂ€tter prospektering. Aitik, exempelvis, hade Ă„tta Ă„r, och den gruvan lever Ă€n.
Hur sÀkra kan man var pÄ detta?
â Det Ă€r inget unikt, det Ă€r ett normalt, affĂ€rsmĂ€ssigt handlande i branschen. Ingen ny gruva som öppnats har ****förts efter siffran frĂ„n den första bedömningen.
Ăr Kallak den enda vĂ€g som Jokkmokk kan gĂ„?
â Nej, men vĂ„r framtida vĂ€g fĂ„r inte exkludera vissa branscher eller nĂ€ringar som vill investera och dĂ€rmed stĂ€rker vĂ€lfĂ€rden, de mĂ„ste intressera oss. Jag vĂ€rjer mig mot beskrivningen av det ena eller det andra. Jag Ă€r övertygad om att vi kan ha en stark besöksnĂ€ring, industrietablering och en kraftfull rennĂ€ring. Men vi mĂ„ste prata med varandra, konstaterar Bernhardsson och fortsĂ€tter:
â BesöksnĂ€ringen kommer att vĂ€xa och generera jobb. MIn bedömning Ă€r en tillvĂ€xt pĂ„ fem till sex gĂ„nger. Det skulle innebĂ€ra att den tar större arealer i ansprĂ„k Ă€r vad Kallak skulle göra. Men det behöver inte vara ett motsatsförhĂ„llande.
Ett folktomt Jokkmokk om 65 Ă„r?
â Jag har aldrig uttryckt det sĂ„. Men vi blir fĂ€rre och i dag avlider det fler Ă€n det föds. Den kurvan planar ut om sju Ă„r. Men vi behöver en större skattebas, dĂ€rför behövs arbetstillfĂ€llen och jag har uppdraget att arbeta för detta.
Movement over in Sweden... plenty of interest