The discussion seems to have shifted somewhat. Now it is about participation (under the new government). Note that SVT is very close to the Sami.
"A government investigation proposes a special pot of SEK 50-200 million to be distributed each year to municipalities where extraction of metals and minerals is carried out. Hear Kiruna's municipal councilor Gunnar Selberg (C) about the proposal in the clip.
Investigation: Multi-million sums to be distributed to mining municipalities
PUBLISHED 31 OCTOBER 2022
A special pot of SEK 50-200 million is to be distributed each year to municipalities where extraction of metals and minerals is carried out.
It is one of the proposals in a government investigation that was presented on Monday.
According to the proposal, it is the money that mining companies currently pay into the state in the form of, for example, corporate tax that must be paid out to the municipalities.
- It concerns all municipalities that are affected by extraction activities. The amounts we have stated are based on calculations we have made based on the tax revenue from mining operations, says Helén Leijon, the state's special investigator.
"I think it would make a difference"
Kiruna's municipal councilor Gunnar Selberg (C) welcomes the proposal.
- I definitely think it would make a difference. It is a lot of money even if only SEK 25 or 50 million were to go to Kiruna, he says.
It was in March 2011 that the previous government started an investigation with the aim of securing access to "innovation-critical minerals and metals."
Part is also about facilitating the extraction of rare earth metals that LKAB wants to extract from the mining slag in Kiruna and Malmberget
and about graphite that the company Talga wants to mine near Vittangi.
Those metals would receive a special status in the environmental code compared to other metals.
Should increase the acceptance of mines
A further suggestion is to strengthen the dialogue during prospecting.
- We propose an extra
dialogue step and that Sami villages receive a special grant to be able to participate, says Helén Leijon."
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/n...las-ut-till-gruvkommuner-ska-oka-accceptansen
And here is the latest government report:
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A secure livelihood of metals and minerals
Report of the Inquiry on a sustainable supply of innovation-critical metals and minerals
Stockholm 2022
On 11 March 2021, the Government decided to appoint a special investigator with the task of reviewing review processes and regulations with a view to ensuring a sustainable supply of innovation-critical metals and minerals from primary and secondary sources (dir. 2021:16). In a supplementary directive on 7 June 2022, the Government specified that the task included investigating how the supply of innovation-critical metals
and minerals necessary for the climate transition can be given a special status vis-à-vis other metals and minerals in the Environmental Code's provisions on land and water conservation (Dir 2022:61). Helén Leijon, Head of Unit at Västernorrland County Administrative Board, was appointed as special investigator on 1 April 2021. On 19 April 2021, the Tobias Persson as secretary to the inquiry, and as and the principal secretary from 12 July 2021. Susanne Adlercreutz, lawyer and departmental secretary, on 24 May 2021, Doctor of Philosophy Gunnar Lantz on 1 October 2021 and researcher Aron Westholm on 19 April 2022.
From 31 May, Jan-Olof Arvidsson, technical advisor, Anders Eliasson, senior specialist, Karin Carlqvist, environmental coordinator, Rickard Stridh, head of research, Jenny Liökel, operational lawyer, Patrik Söderholm, Theresia Brundin, lawyer and Kristina Grandin, public authority lawyer, were appointed as experts to assist the investigator,
expert Jonas Rudberg, head of unit Karolina Ardesjö Lundén, GIS coordinator Tomas Kuhmunen, environmental expert Kerstin Blom Bokliden, expert Greger Ledung, industry lawyer Kerstin Brinnen, head of unit Erika Ingvald, departmental secretary Jörgen Sundin, legal expert Christoffer Sheats, cabinet secretary Fredric Gemsjö, legal expert Linn Hamstad and departmental secretary Arvid Hedlund. Federal Counsel Åsa Hill and Strategist Carl Rova for Christoffer Sheats was dismissed as an expert on 20 January 2022 and replaced by Staffan Löwhagen. Mr Jörgen Sundin was dismissed on 31 March 2022 and was replaced by Ms Anna Berglund. The inquiry, which has adopted the name Inquiry on Sustainable supply of innovation-critical metals and minerals, submits hereby submits its report on the security of supply of metals and minerals (SOU 2022:56). The mandate is thus completed.
Stockholm, October 2022
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Natural graphite from Vittangi -
Talga
Natural graphite is used, among other things, for electric car batteries. The company
Talga is in the process of an environmental assessment to start graphite mining at Vittangi in Norrbotten County. The technology needed for large-scale commercial production of graphite electrodes for batteries is under development. The company sees geological potential to expand its exploration and eventually extraction further, but notes that the permitting environment in Sweden is a complicating factor.
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A natural location for this research centre is Luleå Tekniska University, which already conducts a lot of mining-related research today. Luleå is also home to the Swerim research institute and mining companies LKAB,
Talga and Northvolt. The cost is estimated at 50 million per year. In the field of innovation-critical minerals there are five core areas and at least one professor and some PhD students per area. There will also be a need for infrastructure in the form of labs and analytical technology. is that approximately SEK 10 million per year per area is needed.
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https://www.regeringen.se/4ab54b/contentassets/8d6f4bd8016e4a50ac94931b9b635285/en-tryggad-forsorjning-av-metaller-och-mineral-sou-202256.pdf