During the election campaign in 2014 during a visit to the North, Stefan Lofven was reported as having replied to a question about the mining application that it would be decided according to the law not politics. We were of course absolutely delighted to hear that. Either he was disembling or he didn't know he would have to handle a coalition with the Green Party, albeit a party who only just scraped enough votes qualify them for seats in the Riksdag (4.1%)
From what I remember and we're having to trawl back a long way, Annie Loof was the Minister responsible when our application was submitted to the MI (at least towards the end if not at the beginning in the Reinnfelt Cabinet) so it was already long over due when the Centre government were ousted by Big Stef at the end of 2014; she also presided over a review of the Mining Strategy Document which initiative had absolutely no effect whatsoever. She's not a person to tow the line and it must be a step forward not having a Green deputy prime minister...she was the main mover and shaker in the coalition I think and her party only polled 8.61% compared to the Moderat's 19.84% Remember Mr Reinfelt: "Iron is to Sweden what oil is to Norway. Thanks for the news Pocko. Morning All.
Either way MWilliams, the conversations you have so objected to, debates, spats, research and good humour have cemented this board for over ten years and who are you to call it drivel.
MWillliams....So you had a conversation with CSP but you could only post part of it....that is the drift of all your posts, you like to imply you know something nobody else knows, which you don't.
Thanks Hasty. Well, that's nice, I'm certainly hoping for one, one day...and a dividend. But there are other sorts of return and I've enjoyed being in this, it's had it's moments both bad and good. :-)
In fact, we've given up on the Government and have all our hopes invested in the efforts of the opposition to sort it out which is a pretty bad state of affairs.
The whole review and nothing but the review, whichever the review...has no direct influence on our BK or lack of it...we fulfilled all the requirements for an Exploitation Permit so far as we know them to be in April 2013 and the expected decision is wholly for the government and the law as it is at present. The KU are just trying to help push it along.
The company is continually subject to the process of environmental issues as it proceeds to build a mind (having been granted BK); the Environmental Court presides over it and I presume it's just that second phase the Inquiry ending Dec 21 is reviewing. If you can remember Nora Karr (sigh) they fell foul of it and had their BK revoked.