Resumen de Norway's mining strategy to attract exploration
"Increasing international demand for minerals and metals has resulted in higher prices and increased interest in the mineral resources of Norway. There is increasing optimism in the minerals industry and many minerals companies are active in exploiting the opportunities that lie in Norway's geology," Trond Giske, then Minister of Trade and Industry, explained.
"The four major export products in 2011 were iron ore concentrate, coal, ground calcium carbonate and crushed rock. Other important export minerals are stone blocks (primarily larvikite), ilmenite, olivine, nepheline syenite and quartz/quartzite," the Strategy revealed.
"A significant amount of industrial minerals production is linked to the production of dolomite and marble. The number of companies involved is approximately 20. Hustadmarmor in M ?re and Romsdal is the world's largest supplier of ground marble filler to the paper industry. Norway is also the world's largest producer of olivine," it added.
