Tag: Limestone wars
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Limestone company appeals government’s decision
The limestone company Nordkalk appeals the government’s decision to protect Bungetäkten in Ojnareskogen in northern Gotland and make it into a so-called Natura-2000 site. The decision was taken by the government in late August. Laika has previously, in 2011, examined the Finnish company Nordkalk after the company received permission to mine limestone in the area…
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Limestone wars
Authorities sitting on double chairs, threatened nature and an industry that decides how the law should be written. In a web exclusive story Kalla Fakta in TV4 tells news about the events surrounding a comprehensive new limestone quarry on Gotland. The Finnish company Nordkalk has received permission to break down limestone worth over 15 billion…
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Limestone quarry stopped in court
Nordkalk denied permission by the Land and Environment Court for its planned limestone quarry on Gotland. Laika has previously examined the process in a reportage in Kalla Fakta and could show that the Geological Survey of Sweden has been sitting on double chairs. Read more here. Therefore Nordkalk is being denied permission for mining. The…