RE: Here's the latest...27 Jun 2024 09:30
The translation:
After the Supreme Administrative Court's decision, another step has been taken against an iron ore mine in Kallak. - We have had a timetable that we have worked with unchanged.
The ruling means that the processing concession that Jokkmokk Iron, a wholly owned subsidiary of British Beowulf, was granted by the government in 2022 is fixed.
While the legal process was ongoing between the state and the appealing parties – the Nature Conservation Association and local Sami villages – the mining company has been working on the area.
- We are very happy about this decision, which is very detailed and thorough. We didn't want to speculate on it, but just let it take its course, says Johan Röstin.
First quarter
The work with, among other things, environmental studies and completing an application for an environmental permit at the Land and Environmental Court will continue into next year.
- The idea is that we will submit everything in the first quarter of next year, says Johan Röstin and continues:
- We do all the inventories that can be done and we have hired a local person in Jokkmokk who drives the project forward and keeps it together.
The processing concession is subject to twelve conditions and a dialogue with the Sami villages is ongoing.
"Many concerned"
The UN's Unesco has criticized the mining plans for threatening natural values in the world heritage of Laponia.
How do you view the concerns?
- It must be remembered that it is over three miles to the nearest Unesco area as the crow flies. But there are many concerned. If I am to be self-critical, we have been bad at local communication and transparency. That is what we are working on now, says Johan Röstin, who took over as chairman of the board in November 2022.