FOCUS

NGU Focus No. 2 2012

256

1406

1796

78

534

3418

18193820

845

278

393

13265

53

NEPHELINE SYENITE

SLATE/ FLAGSTONE

DOLOMITE

PEAT

BUILDING STONE

NICKEL

FELDSPAR

620

IRON

GRAPHITE

CLAY

343

COAL

CARBONATE

SAND AND GRAVEL

AGGREGATE

PRODUCTION OF NORWAY’S MOST IMPORTANTMINERAL PRODUCTS

(2011, FOB MILL NOK)

ILMENITENATURAL STONE

OLIVINE

QUARTZ- QUARTZITE

TALC23

Construction materials 4672 mill. NOK

Industrial minerals 2932 "

Metallic ores 2463 "

Coal and peat 1459 "

Natural stone 922 "

Total 12 448 mill. NOK

Reference:Produscers and NGU/Directorate of MiningMay 2012P. R.N.

STEIN

13.2

PRODUCTION OF NORWAY’S MOST IMPORTANT MINERAL PRODUCTS

(2011, mill. tonnes)

63.8

NEPHELINE SYENITE

SLATE/FLAGSTONE

BUILDING STONE

NICKEL

DOLOMITE

QUARTZ/ QUARTZITE

FELDSPAR

PEAT

2.2

0.68

IRON

1.16

0.87

0.33

0.008GRAPHITE

0.0008

2.5

0.47

0.088

0.19

0.007

0.10

0.34

1.6

ILMENITE

NATURAL STONE

5.9

TALC

CLAY

0.025

COAL

OLIVINE

CARBONATE

SAND OG GRAVEL

AGGREGATE

Reference:Produscers and NGU/Directorate of MiningMay 2012P. R.N.

Construction materials 77.26 mill. tonnes

Industrial materials 10.41 "

Metallic ores 3.41 "

Coal and peat 1.74 "

Natural stone 0.90 "

Total 93.72 mill.tonnes

Mineral resources in Norway 2011

Introduction

The mineral and mining industry comprises companies involved in extrac-tion and processing of minerals and rocks, from bedrock and/or superficial deposits. Five main groups of materials can be distinguished:

• Industrial minerals (e.g. calcium carbonate rock (marble and lime-stone), olivine, nepheline syenite, quartz and dolomite)

• Natural and dimension stone (e.g. larvikite, granite, marble, slate/ flagstone and building stone)

• Building materials (sand, gravel, hard-rock aggregate, rock for ballast and clay)

• Metallic ores (e. g. iron, nickel, molybdenum and ilmenite-titanium)

• Energy minerals (e. g. coal and peat)

All of the above materials are essential for everyday life: modern society can-not exist without using mineral raw materials such as iron ore for production of steel, limestone for cement and paper, aggregate for road building, sand and gravel for concrete, and coal for metallurgical processes and for energy production. Per capita annual consumption of minerals and mineral prod-ucts in 2011 amounted to 13 metric tonnes, which over an average lifetime, adds up to c. 1,000 tonnes/person. Production data from mineral producers were collected by the Directorate of Mining (DMF) and the Geological Survey of Norway ( NGU).

General overview

Approximately 94 million tonnes of mineral resources were extracted in Norway in 2011, representing a total value of NOK 12,400 million. Turnover of industrial minerals was NOK 2,900 million, natural stone NOK 922 mil-lion, metallic ores NOK 2,500 million, gravel and hard-rock aggregate for the building industry NOK 4,700 million, coal NOK 1,400 million and peat NOK 53 million.

The total export value for the industry in 2011 was NOK 7,400 million, repre-senting 60 % of the overall turnover. The export value for industrial miner-als was NOK 2,300 million, of which calcium carbonate slurry, olivine and nepheline syenite are the most important products. The natural stone in-dustry exported stone blocks for NOK 521 million (of which NOK 424 million relates to larvikite), and slate/flagstone and building stone for NOK 51,500 million. Similar data for hard-rock aggregate, rock for ballast and gravel have

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CONTACT

Peer-Richard neebScientist

E-mail: peer.neeb@ngu.no

Phone: +47 73 90 41 62

Tom HeldalDirector of Georesources

E-mail: tom.heldal@ngu.no

Phone: +47 73 90 42 05

Rolv DahlTeam leader, Natural construction Materials

E-mail: rolv.dahl@ngu.no

Phone: +47 73 90 43 08

an export value of NOK 1009 million, whereas exports from ore produc-tion amounted to NOK 2,200 million, consisting of ilmenite, iron and nickel. Finally, export of coal to Europe represented a value of NOK 1,300 million.

The mining and quarrying industry is a typical regional industry, especially strongly represented along the coast.

The industry employs about 6,039 full-time employees at a total of 1000 producing quarries/mines. Measured according to turnover, the most impor-tant mineral-producing counties are Møre og Romsdal, Rogaland, Finnmark, Nordland and Vestfold.

Mining and quarrying industry in 2011

Extraction of various mineral resources: 94 million tonnes

Production value: 12,400 million NOK 1550 million EUR

Export: 7,500 million NOK 938 million EUR 60 per cent

Number of aggregate companies: 952

Other companies: 152

Number of employees: 6040

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