Its getting late , sorry if this sounds disjointed .
Had a look at this ....
''The green light from the Government for processing concessions is not the same as that the mine will become a reality . But it gives Beowulf the opportunity to go further & investigate whether it is economically & environmentally possible to open it . The final permit examination is made by the Land & Environment Court - probably in several years''
And then this ....
''The Green party chooses to report Minister of Trade and Industry Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson (s) to the constitution committee''
Call me cynical but I'm starting to see Kallak as more of a political pawn & less of a permitting process ''benchmark'' . Pro-mine / anti-mine .... depending on which way the polls swing .
I'm no expert on Beowulf but given the hoops they've had to jump through for so long (even UNESCO is against it) , I'd question why they didn't cut their loses long ago . And at 171Mt MRE , does Sweden even need or (genuinely) want it given the LKAB resource upgrade to 1.7Bt that will see them through to 2060 ?
TLG - Kallak .... no contest / no comparison , need to compare apples with apples .
Besides which , I can't see natural Graphite coming off the CRM list anytime soon based on this little nugget ....
543 votes to 52 .... European parliament approved the action plan for critical raw materials & called for ''sustainable sourcing to be explored in critical raw - material - rich member states'' .
Had a look at this ....
''The green light from the Government for processing concessions is not the same as that the mine will become a reality . But it gives Beowulf the opportunity to go further & investigate whether it is economically & environmentally possible to open it . The final permit examination is made by the Land & Environment Court - probably in several years''
And then this ....
''The Green party chooses to report Minister of Trade and Industry Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson (s) to the constitution committee''
Call me cynical but I'm starting to see Kallak as more of a political pawn & less of a permitting process ''benchmark'' . Pro-mine / anti-mine .... depending on which way the polls swing .
I'm no expert on Beowulf but given the hoops they've had to jump through for so long (even UNESCO is against it) , I'd question why they didn't cut their loses long ago . And at 171Mt MRE , does Sweden even need or (genuinely) want it given the LKAB resource upgrade to 1.7Bt that will see them through to 2060 ?
TLG - Kallak .... no contest / no comparison , need to compare apples with apples .
Besides which , I can't see natural Graphite coming off the CRM list anytime soon based on this little nugget ....
543 votes to 52 .... European parliament approved the action plan for critical raw materials & called for ''sustainable sourcing to be explored in critical raw - material - rich member states'' .