- Boliden is turning to the Supreme Administrative Court and wants it to try whether the government complied with the law when it said no to the company’s plans for a copper mine in Älvsbyn in Norrbotten.
- A mine would create jobs in the municipality, which was hit hard last autumn when Polarbröd’s factory was ravaged by fire.
- But reindeer husbandry and environmental interests are critical of the mining plans.
Source: ICELAND NEWS