RE: Article from this morning :)25 Sep 2018 08:24
for those of us who don't speaky the lingo;
After the environmental party's decline in the parliamentary elections, there are now both hopes and fears about the forthcoming government's mining policy.
A handful of mining concerns are currently on the government board, one of which is the contested planned Kallak mine in Jokkmokk, and there the Social Democratic City Council believes that the chance of a mine becoming now increased.
- Yes, definitely. Our image is that the Environmental Party has created a political lock that has prevented the establishment of the iron ore mine in Kallak. And in our perspective, it is very unfortunate, we need more jobs, "says Robert Bernardsson, Social Democratic Council.
The planned Kallak mine in Jokkmokk has been waiting for more than five years to report whether it will receive a breach permit, known as a processing concession. The case has been bumped between authorities and affected by a changed practice for mining tests, and has been waiting for more than a year, waiting for the government to make a decision.
There it is doing company with four other mining projects in northern Sweden that the government will also take a stand for. Even the mining industry organization Swemin has hopes for a changed mining policy, although the industry organization does not want to identify which parties they would prefer to see in a future government.
"It's important that we get a government that can make decisions in mining issues. We can say that the Environment Party and Social Democrats have been in a government now and they have had difficulty agreeing to mining issues, "said Per Ahl, CEO of the mining industry organization Swemin.
At the same time, there is no one who sees a less expensive policy in the future.
"In Sweden there is a mineral strategy since 2013, which says that by 2030 we will triple the number of mines. And the mines and minerals industry has a very big and often negative impact on the environment, "says Johanna Sandahl, chairman of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
On the other hand, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation shares the view that the environmental party's decline from 25 to 16 mandates in the Riksdag could affect the fate of the Kallak mine in Jokkmokk, when the party clearly had previously opposed the mine.
"It is clear that there is a point in that a reduced voice for a specific measure also means less pressure. I think it would be a great pity if that kind of environmental issues are getting stuck on other issues, "says Johanna Sandahl, chairman of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.
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