Sweden, home of TLGs graphite mine(s)

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There is probably a million appeals to the port.. it will make traditional reindeer ice skating ballet impossible in the region. I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't get operational within the next 20 years... Sigh.. I know, I know.
 
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"Controller with experience in accounting to Talga, Lulea

Are you an experienced finance manager or accountant with a complex understanding of business or project economics? Do you want to work in a future-oriented industry and have an influential and central role within a fast-growing company? Then this might be the right role for you.


The Role
As Controller at Talga you will be responsible for managing the finance and accounting function across the Talga group of companies in Sweden, UK and Germany and reporting financial information to the Australian corporate office for Group consolidated operational and statutory reporting and compliance disclosures on the ASX. You will operate within an exciting industry and play a central role in the company's development by contributing with competence, experience, and leadership.

General duties of the role:
Co-ordinate, prepare and manage the budgeting and forecast process for all European activities in line with strategic priorities, to feed into consolidated Group.
Develop and implement the end of month process and timetable linked to key accountabilities
Prepare and manage the month-end process and reporting for European operations,
Provide support and training across business units as finance processes are rolled out, acting as a systems and process expert in financial areas;
Review and develop key reports to be generated directly from SAP including improved Group cashflow data reporting extraction
Review, develop and implement monthly report templates (by department and consolidated),
Act as a key support to managers understanding their costs and financial performance, including working with managers to develop adhoc reports and analysis using core tools,
Provide a monthly finance report for European operations and entities, including key financial performance indicators and with a focus on demonstrating operational cost drivers


The role is based in Talga's office in central parts of Luleå.


Is this you?
In this recruitment we are looking for a candidate with at least 7 years of experience of working within accounting and finance and with IFRS. It is a big plus if you have a background from auditing or finance within a Big 6 accounting firm and preferably you are or have been authorized as a public accountant (CA or CPA). You have experience in complex multi-stage processing and are self-sufficient in all financial areas (payroll, AP, reporting etc). You have very strong ERP system experience and knowledge as well as advanced Excel skills. Fluency in English is a must, Swedish is a plus.


In this recruitment we emphasize both competence and personality. Since the role is very broad with many points of contact, we assume that you as a candidate have a complex understanding of finance as well as great communication and collaboration skills. You are outgoing, analytical, and stimulated by juggling many tasks at once. We also believe that you are inspired by working for an international business with an innovative and environmental purpose.



Do you want to know more?
In this process Talga is working with Level Recruitment. To apply, please press apply. If you have any questions, please contact Carolina Eskengren at 08-120 50 427. Please note that applications will not be accepted by email. The selection process is ongoing. You are welcome to submit your application!



About the company
Talga is enabling this transition by establishing a sustainable, vertically integrated European source of advanced materials and battery anode for the burgeoning lithium-ion battery industry. With ownership of the world's highest grade natural graphite deposits, access to clean Nordic renewable energy, and streamlined production processes, Talga is uniquely positioned to become a key player in the growing green economy.



With operations in northern Sweden; R&D and sales in the UK; processing and distribution in Germany; and our corporate office in Western Australia, Talga is truly a global company."
 
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They also seem to hope that it now starts.

"The village languishes while waiting for the graphite: ‘Shame when people come’​

Years of decay, right in the center of the village. Now the villagers want to see the abandoned houses come to life. "It is a disgrace to the village and stops the village's development," says Ann-Katrin Lindblom in Vittangi.
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A plank has been nailed for a hole in one of the doors of Gamla Gästi, Vittangi's former inn. In recent years, the house has been used as refugee accommodation, but now it has been empty for a few years.

The rain hits the windshield as we roll up to the red-painted shack. "Taxi" is written in large letters on the short side of the property. A memory of the venue's former area of use, before it got a new owner. The last time there was activity here was in connection with the refugee crisis almost ten years ago, when Sweden would open its hearts and homes to people who left their homelands..." rbPW
 
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The neighbours have problems:

"Fertilizer factory postponed​

November 12, 2024
Luleå
Spanish Fertiberia planned to invest SEK 20 billion in a new fertilizer factory in Luleå. According to the original plans, the production of fossil-free fertilizer was supposed to start in 2026, but now the project is being postponed without a planned start year, writes Dagens Industri.

Fertiberias plans to build an artificial fertilizer factory in Luleå in collaboration with Lantmännen and the Swedish gas company Nordion.
The project includes the production of hydrogen in connection with the hydropower plant in Letsi in Jokkmokk municipality, and a 170-mile long gas pipeline from Letsi to Luleå.
One of the reasons for the postponement of the project, which is now called Power 2 Earth, is that the company has not received the power allocation of electric power needed for hydrogen production. Therefore, it may be the case that you start on a smaller scale and gradually expand production.
The company needs 4-5 terawatt hours of electricity, which is as much as LKAB needs for its sponge iron plant in Gällivare."
 
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The neighbours have problems:

"Fertilizer factory postponed​

November 12, 2024
Luleå
Spanish Fertiberia planned to invest SEK 20 billion in a new fertilizer factory in Luleå. According to the original plans, the production of fossil-free fertilizer was supposed to start in 2026, but now the project is being postponed without a planned start year, writes Dagens Industri.

Fertiberias plans to build an artificial fertilizer factory in Luleå in collaboration with Lantmännen and the Swedish gas company Nordion.
The project includes the production of hydrogen in connection with the hydropower plant in Letsi in Jokkmokk municipality, and a 170-mile long gas pipeline from Letsi to Luleå.
One of the reasons for the postponement of the project, which is now called Power 2 Earth, is that the company has not received the power allocation of electric power needed for hydrogen production. Therefore, it may be the case that you start on a smaller scale and gradually expand production.
The company needs 4-5 terawatt hours of electricity, which is as much as LKAB needs for its sponge iron plant in Gällivare."

It's proving to be a hard nut to crack this Hydrogen/ fertiliser business... extremely energy intensive.
 
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The only reason Germany is hooked to Hydrogen cars/transport is, because the hydrogen is produced using natural gas. Its not "green". Thats why is pushed by the powerful, they dont care about climate while simultaneously lying into our pockets. What happens when you actually want to have green hydrogen by splitting water using power.. well, you can see it here. The project dies because it uses too much power. Sad to see.
 
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The only reason Germany is hooked to Hydrogen cars/transport is, because the hydrogen is produced using natural gas. Its not "green". Thats why is pushed by the powerful, they dont care about climate while simultaneously lying into our pockets. What happens when you actually want to have green hydrogen by splitting water using power.. well, you can see it here. The project dies because it uses too much power. Sad to see.
"99 percent of the world's hydrogen is "grey"
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This makes the provision of green hydrogen all the more important - although this would be an extremely costly endeavour. The European Union alone is planning to spend up to 470 billion euros on green hydrogen by 2050. Moving the whole world in the same direction would cost at least twice as much."
 
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'Grey' is too nice. Green hydrogen is a myth until power is so abundant that we can just split water with it for storage and transport. It will happen at some point, Tony Sebas argument makes a lot of sense to me. But at the current power infrastructure, no matter how much the EU spends on it, it's a pork barrel for the oil and gas industry and nothing else. It's wasted money if I am generous and money spend on destroying the environment in reality.
 
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'Grey' is too nice. Green hydrogen is a myth until power is so abundant that we can just split water with it for storage and transport. It will happen at some point, Tony Sebas argument makes a lot of sense to me. But at the current power infrastructure, no matter how much the EU spends on it, it's a pork barrel for the oil and gas industry and nothing else. It's wasted money if I am generous and money spend on destroying the environment in reality.
Totally agree.. and some think the entire world's air travel industry will run on it in the next few decades as well, good luck with that! At the current technological level for making it, it doesn't seem to stack up. I could see one possible path forward and that would be an AI driven lightning quick advance in nuclear fusion .. where you have a hydrogen producing facility powered by it's own tokomak! But there again I think this is still stuff of science fiction for now and I certainly won't live to see it.. I would love a crystal ball to see how this all pans out.. I'd possibly find a couple of good stock market bets with it while I was at it.. lol
 
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"Unemployment is rising in southern Sweden, while at the same time the demand for labour in Norrbotten is increasing sharply. Now Arbetsförmedlingen is trialling a new approach - flying unemployed people to Luleå and Boden.
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UNEMPLOYMENT IN SWEDEN
Percentage of registered unemployed

The Kingdom - 6.9 per cent
Stockholm County - 6.9 per cent
Uppsala County - 6.0 per cent
Södermanland county - 8.9 per cent
Östergötland county - 7.1 per cent
Jönköping county - 6.0 per cent
Kronoberg county - 7.3 per cent
Kalmar County - 6.4 per cent
Gotland County - 4.5 per cent
Blekinge County - 7.6 per cent
Skåne County - 9.1 per cent
Halland County - 5.4 per cent
Västra Götaland County - 6.3 per cent
Värmland County - 6.0 per cent
Örebro County - 6.9 per cent
Västmanland County - 8.5 per cent
Dalarna county - 5.4 per cent
Gävleborg county - 8.5 per cent
Västernorrland county - 6.0 per cent
Jämtland county - 4.5 per cent
Västerbotten County - 3.9 per cent
Norrbotten County - 3.9 per cent
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Reminds me of the first post here in this the other thread:
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Pires is an employee of Talga
 
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The neighbours have problems:

"Fertilizer factory postponed​

November 12, 2024
Luleå
Spanish Fertiberia planned to invest SEK 20 billion in a new fertilizer factory in Luleå. According to the original plans, the production of fossil-free fertilizer was supposed to start in 2026, but now the project is being postponed without a planned start year, writes Dagens Industri.

Fertiberias plans to build an artificial fertilizer factory in Luleå in collaboration with Lantmännen and the Swedish gas company Nordion.
The project includes the production of hydrogen in connection with the hydropower plant in Letsi in Jokkmokk municipality, and a 170-mile long gas pipeline from Letsi to Luleå.
One of the reasons for the postponement of the project, which is now called Power 2 Earth, is that the company has not received the power allocation of electric power needed for hydrogen production. Therefore, it may be the case that you start on a smaller scale and gradually expand production.
The company needs 4-5 terawatt hours of electricity, which is as much as LKAB needs for its sponge iron plant in Gällivare."
We need a fraction of their electricity and ours is guaranteed.
 
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'Grey' is too nice. Green hydrogen is a myth until power is so abundant that we can just split water with it for storage and transport. It will happen at some point, Tony Sebas argument makes a lot of sense to me. But at the current power infrastructure, no matter how much the EU spends on it, it's a pork barrel for the oil and gas industry and nothing else. It's wasted money if I am generous and money spend on destroying the environment in reality.
Infrastructure
I mentioned it. An absolutely important thing for us here is the southern link (Südlink).
Thanks to plaintiffs, it will cost more than 10 to 15 times as much and take more than 4 times as long.
Of course, the petrol countries will ensure that we use 3 times as much plastic in the coming years. Are we going to buy it or not?
When it comes to practical climate protection, I see the practical opponents in the practical implementation in another camp that we know very well, whether here or there.

e.g.
The former head of BUND just laughed at the practice of slowing down the court and rise costs. Yes, that we do or did (nuclear power the biggest example). First drive up the costs and then point out that it is too expensive. I remember how proud they were to have driven up the costs for the removal to €280m in just one quarter. This could be used to build 40 newly built kindergardens including plot and perfectly equipped for the coming decades.
How proud they were of that. Today they can say - it's too expensive and doesn't pay off. But alternatives are also too expensive, obviously. So it's a stalemate. Brake.

I think the old narratives are no longer true.
Capitalism is evil and the enemy of the green transition when it comes to practical implementation of the demands.
Who are blocking practically any of that projects?
I better leave it now.
 
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Next round with a new approach.

"The municipality makes a retake after five failed attempts
After five unsuccessful attempts to procure a contractor for the Hertsö field, Luleå municipality is making a new move and slimming down the procurement.
"We took back the allocation that had been made," says Helene Wiklund Wårell.


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The work to construct streets and other infrastructure on the Hertsö field has been delayed for two bare ground seasons, as the award has been appealed five times. Now the municipality is changing the playing field and is going out with a smaller procurement.

Luleå 2024-10-30 05:00
Luleå Municipality's attempt to procure a contractor for street works and other infrastructure on the Hertsö field has been slowed down by appeals – five since the first award was made in June 2023. Nyab Infrastructure and BDX, as well as later BDX's subsidiary CWN, have competed for the assignment, which is estimated to be worth approximately SEK 150 million.

The latest attempt to procure ended with the Administrative Court in Luleå deciding that the municipality must redo the evaluation of the tenders.

Now the municipality is doing a redesign and redrawing the playing field. It will only be a small area to be procured.

"We took back the allocation that had been made. And then we will advertise just Hästskovägen. It has to do with timetables, because the most critical timetables are about those who happen to be on Hästskovägen, says Helén Wiklund Wårell, Director of Infrastructure and Service at Luleå Municipality.
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"When we announce a new procurement, it means that there are more actors," says Helen Wiklund Wårell, Director of Infrastructure and Service Luleå Municipality.

A new company will also establish itself in the area at Hästskovägen, on the plot that Lindab has handed back to the municipality. A decision on land allocation, that the company will have the right to buy the land from the municipality, is being prepared and will be taken up by the community planning committee on 18 November. The company in question is not yet public.

What do you do with the rest of the Hertsö field?

"Yes, we are in the process of developing a new detailed plan for the rest of the area. So it will control a little bit whether there will be a procurement for that whole. It is not clear now what will happen to it," says Helén Wiklund Wårell.

The detailed plan that the municipality develops and decides on specifies what can be built in an area.

What made you choose not to redo the entire procurement once again?

"We feel that now it has gone back and forth five times, so the risk that it would be appealed again felt quite high. We judged that now we do this instead.

"It also means that when we go out with a new procurement, it means that there are more players, then we open up to all conceivable actors. Not just the two who have been involved," says Helén Wiklund Wårell.

The municipality is preparing the procurement of Hästskovägen.

"Now work is in full swing to produce the tender documents and get them out and advertise them and award them in December.
So that it can then be done in the spring, we want it done by May-June.

Tours on the Hertsö field
1. The municipality received four tenders and decides on 12 June 2023 to award the assignment to BDX Företagen AB. Nyab Infrastruktur appeals because their tender had been disqualified. The Administrative Court decides that the evaluation of the tenders must be repeated.
2. The municipality will redo the evaluation, Nyab Infrastructure will carry out the tender presentation that the other qualified bidders have already made. The decision is being appealed by BDX Företagen. The Administrative Court decides that the procurement must be repeated.
3. Civil Works Nordic, a subsidiary of BDX, will be awarded the assignment on February 12, 2024. Nyab Infrastruktur is appealing the award decision. The municipality decides to withdraw the decision and redo the evaluation of the tenders.
4. Civil Works Nordic is once again awarded the assignment. Nyab Infrastruktur is appealing the decision. The municipality decides to withdraw the allocation.
5. Civil Works Nordic will be awarded the assignment on May 6, 2024, for the third time. Nyab Infrastruktur is appealing the award decision. On 20 September 2024, the Administrative Court decides that the procurement must be corrected through a new valuation of the tenders. The municipality decides to withdraw the allocation to CWN."


"Procurement of contractor for Hertsöfältet changed​

Luleå After five unsuccessful attempts to procure a contractor for Hertsöfältet, Luleå municipality is now changing the approach and slimming down the procurement, writes NTM Media."

So it seems that this approach ultimately avoids the problems. It's about time.

Other topic, there is still no sign of the any news from yesterday/today in the Swedish press or among the antis.

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Follow the links to the answers to this topic. It runs like a lindwurm through this thread.
finally or I hope so:

"Luleå Municipality, Luleå​

The contract includes, among other things, the construction of road/street, water pipes and ditches for stormwater management and the construction of a pumping station.

Last day for tenders
23 days left (2024-12-13)

Procedure
Open

Published
2024-11-17

Document type
Contract notice

Delivery locations
Norrbotten County

Diary/reference number
KLF 2024/2045

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"We were also invited to speak for the Social Democrats' policy group during their visit to the Green Industrial Forum in Luleå. Our Public Affairs Manager, Emma Själin, advised on Talgas' role in the European battery market and emphasised her work in creating an integrated market for battery materials in Europe.
Our cooperation partners-SSAB, LKAB, Uniper and Power 2 Earth-are working together with their partners to ensure that the major industry can develop in the region."
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