Foreign, as well as Swedish based mining companies, prospect and exploit – as in drilling – for stones and minerals like never before in Sweden. The country is in at least the local newspapers presented as a Klondike, full of treasures just waiting to be ‘picked up’. Abandoned and Closed Mines in Sweden – a …
Continue reading The Mining Situation in Sweden from an Environmental Perspective – a Few Examples
Prospecting for minerals and stones has exploded in Sweden. Many foreign prospecting and/or mining companies come to Sweden in search for a new Klondike - even though in a more modern "suit" than the historical one at Dawson City in Canada at the end of the 19th century. Many people and groups today get affected because of …
Continue reading Effects of Mining on Reindeer Herding Grounds in Jokkmokk in Sweden
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