copper mine oop north16 Mar 2019 08:35
Suzy mentioned this earlier; frustrationTomas Egmark (s) is the chairman of the board of Älvsbyn, a municipality with just over 8,000 inhabitants, who would be directly affected by a message from the government regarding the copper authority Laver west of Älvsbyn in Norrbotten.
"We would like to have the decision so we can continue our plan for the continued development of society," he says.
Should it be a positive message then it will go away, he predicts and points out that it can be about up to 1,200 - 1,800 new jobs.
"We can greatly increase our population," says Tomas Egmark (s) and points out that the municipality has for several years had a positive focus on the planned copper mine.
Later this week he will, after pressure, have a telephone conference with the Minister of Business Affairs. A positive message would at the same time make great demands on the small municipality, not least on acquiring new housing, but he is positive about the possibility of rejuvenation and more tax revenue.
"We can bring in productive people in society that get children," he says.
In the second wave bowl are the environmental aspects.
"It will be quite a lot of waste and these ponds are always a risk. I have very poor knowledge, but I myself am not worried, ”he says.
Jonas Rudberg, who is a mining expert at the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, believes that the environmental arguments for a no weighs heavily in the case of Laver: The area is classified as one of the EU's Natura 2000 areas with a lake system where two lakes will be destroyed, while the Pite river and another five lakes risk the environmental impact of the toxic waste.
Copper content is at the same time considerably lower than can be found in many other parts of the world, which means large amounts of waste, he points out.
“For every ton of ore you get 2 kilos of copper and 998 kilos of waste, which will end up in the sand reservoir in the valley where the lakes lie. It's over a billion tons of waste that is about. ”
The decision on the copper mine is a balancing act between environmental values ??and jobs and entrepreneurship, states Prime Minister Stefan Löfven. The question is prepared as quickly as possible, he points out.
“We are going to be a mining nation and it is clear that we will make use of the wealth we have in the ground, but it will also be done in a sustainable way. It has not always been done before. ”The
question of the Laver mine splits the government, Di experiences, something which in the wording is confirmed by Stefan Löfven.
"When there is a message, there is a consensus in the government. It is being discussed, ”says Prime Minister Stefan Löfven.
Niklas Nordström, who is the chairman of the municipal council in Luleå with good entries in the government, believes that Sweden's mining policy has been locked in.
"We have got into a position where it is extremely difficult to open new mines in Sweden."
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