Established 1835 mining-journal.com Norway A supplement to Mining Journal COVER_Norway_2015.indd 1 02/02/2015 14:15 NORWAY Norway: a land of opportunities! orway is rich in natural resources. The mineral industry provides raw Fast facts: Norway materials for the manufacturing in- N 2 dustry, it contributes to value creation and Total area: 385,178km , including Jan Mayen and the Svalbard archipelago. employment opportunities across Norway, Neighbours: Finland (736km land boundary), Sweden (1,630km), Russia (196km) and it generates export revenues. Needless Population: 5.14 million (July 2014) to say, the mineral industry is an important Main towns: Oslo (624,000), Bergen (268,000), Trondheim (180,000) (01.01.13) sector and a priority for the Norwegian Languages: Norwegian and Sami: a large part of the population is fluent in English. govern ment. Independence: June 7, 1905 (Norway declared the union with Sweden dissolved). There is a need for new mineral extraction Government: Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The governing to contribute to national and international coalition comprises ministerial posts held by the Conservative Party and Progress Party. demand for minerals. Good geophysical data The Prime Minister is Erna Solberg (Conservative Party) is a key component in assessing the mineral Currency: Norwegian kroner (NK) 100 kroner = €11.25 = US$13.09 (19.01.15) resource potential. The coverage of high- GDP: US$512.6 billion (nominal value, World Bank 2013) – 25th place quality geophysical data for both northern GDP per capita: US$100,819 (World Bank 2010-14) – 1st place and southern parts of Norway has increased Unemployment rate: 3.5 % (February 2014) with mapping programmes. Average life expectancy: Female: 83.4 years; male: 79.4 years Our long-term goal is to steadily increase Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, fish, timber, hydro-electric power, iron, copper, the national coverage of the basic geophysi- lead, zinc, titanium minerals, natural stone, dolomite, marble, graphite cal, geological and geochemical data, which Coastline: 28,953km (includes mainland 2,532km, as well as long fjords and minor are fundamental to the exploration for min- indentations), islands – 71,963km. eral deposits. Terrain: Glaciated, mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys, Norway is a major supplier to the European small, scattered plains, coastline deeply indented by fjords, Arctic tundra in the north. Crosshead and world markets of a range of industrial Elevation extremes: Highest point – Galdhøpiggen 2,469m. minerals: titanium ‘white’ pigment; calcium (Main source: Statistics Norway - http://www.ssb.no/ , Statistical Yearbook for 2013) carbonate slurry, for use in paper and other applications; olivine; graphite; It is our goal to ensure business diversity by and high-purity quartz, which is used for strengthening the competitiveness of the a range of high-technological applications. Norwegian mineral industry. Among many new projects currently In our government declaration, we have being developed, raw materials have been stated that we want to facilitate growth in assessed as critical in a recent review made the sector by ensuring predictable and by the EU. know ledge-based planning processes. It is When it comes to further developing the important for the government to ensure a mineral industry, Norway has many advan- stable business framework for this energy- tages: a varied, well-exposed geology; a long intensive industry, and promote growth and coastline; a technologically sophisticated long-term value creation. society; and good infrastructure, including We look forward to welcoming you to ready access to hydro-electrical power. Norway! Norway is also business-friendly, and was rated as sixth in the 2015 World Bank ‘Ease of Monica Mæland doing business’ ranking. Minister of Trade and Industry Photo: Hans Jørgen Brun Editorial This supplement is published with Mining Journal, published Richard Roberts E [email protected] T +44 (0)20 7216 6089 weekly, which is available only as part of a subscription with Contents Head of production / designer Tim Peters Mining Magazine, plus online and tablet access. 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Reliance should not be placed Cover (main photo): Nordic Mining preparing for drilling in the Reinfjord on the contents of this magazine in making Aspermont Media Ltd, 4th floor, Vintners Place, intrusion, Finnmark county; Bottom left: Grubse olivine quarry (Sibelco); a commercial or other decision and all 68 Upper Thames Street, London, EC4V 3BJ, UK persons are advised to seek independent Media Bottom right: Hammerfall dolomite mine (Omya) professional advice in this regard. Photos: Nordic Mining; S. E. Hansen; Omya Publisher Robin Booth Chairman Andrew Kent © Aspermont Media 2015 ISSN 0026-5225 2 Mining Journal special publication – Norway February 2015 02-20_Norway_2015.indd 2 04/02/2015 15:56 NORWAY This is Norway orway occupies the western part of Some famous the Scandinavian Peninsula in Norwegians Nnorthern Europe: the island of Jan Mayen in the mid-Atlantic and the Arctic • Roald Amundsen, archi pelago of Svalbard are also in Norwe- Fridtjof Nansen and gian territory. The country shares a long bor- Thor Heyerdahl der to the east with Sweden; its northern- explorers most region is bordered by Finland to the south and Russia to the east. Roald Amundsen Norway has experienced rapid economic growth in the past 60 years, particularly as a result of the large oil and gas deposits discov- ered in the late 1960s. Today it ranks among the wealthiest countries in the world. Norway is the world’s 11th-largest oil exporter; the petroleum industry accounts for more than a • Edvard Grieg fifth of its GDP, and the country saves almost composer all state revenue from the petroleum sector in a sovereign wealth fund. Edvard Norway also has rich resources of gas, min- Grieg erals, hydropower, fish and timber. The Nor- wegian mineral and mining industry had a turnover of NK13 billion in 2013, and exported products valued at NK7.6 billion. The mineral and mining industry is of great significance in outlying regions. It had, in 2013, 6,200 employees at 1,169 producing quarries or mines operated by 865 compa- • Edvard Munch nies. artist “The Norwegian mineral • Henrik Ibsen and mining industry had a playwright turnover of NK13 billion in • Gro Harlem Brundtland 2013, and exported products stateswoman valued at NK7.6 billion” • Grete Waitz long-distance runner Norway, with a population of about five million, maintains a Scandinavian welfare • Magnus Carlsen model with universal healthcare, subsidised the current World Chess higher education and a comprehensive social Champion security system. The government controls most of the key areas, such as the vital petrol- eum sector, through large-scale, state-major- ity-owned enterprises. Although having rejected EU membership in two referendums, Norway makes significant contributions to the EU budget as a member of the European Magnus Economic Area. Carlsen A unitary state with administrative sub- divisions on two levels known as counties and municipalities, Norway is a constitu- south, over 1,700km to a wild, untamed Norway is a founding member of the UN, tional, hereditary monarchy and parliamen- meeting between land and sea in the north.