Working out: Store Norske avoids possible strike, may possibly strike it rich...
Store Norske just finished shutting nearly everything down four months ago and most of the relatively few remaining workers were talking about going on strike. But the labor dispute was resolved...
View ArticleDire dozen: Number of people employed in Longyearbyen drops 12 percent due...
The number of people employed in Longyearbyen dropped 12 percent between 2015 and 2016, due primarily to Store Norske completing its large-scale layoffs and suspending most of its mining operations,...
View ArticleBriefs from Svalbardposten for the week of Sept. 26, 2017
Final fate of Svea and Lunckefjell mines may be determined Oct. 12 The few employees left at Svea will learn if the government supports resuming operations at the coal mine, as well as the one nearby...
View ArticleFINAL CLOSURE: Government recommends permanent shutdown of mining at Svea,...
Hopes of resuming large-scale coal mining in Svalbard were dashed Thursday morning – probably permanently – as the Norwegian government is recommending Svea and Lunckefjell remain closed, and that...
View ArticleThe (much) higher price of failure: Cost of dismantling Store Norske’s main...
Norway’s government has made it clear they’ll pay whatever it takes to shut down virtually all coal mining in Svalbard – and it turns out they’ll pay dearly as the estimated cost is now twice the 750...
View ArticleAbandon all hope: Svalbard’s 10 biggest stories of 2017
We’re not going to spin it: the year known as 2017 was a disaster – literally. An avalanche early on shook the community and its leaders to its foundations, climate change inflicted maybe its most...
View ArticleFrom ‘no’ to ‘maybe’: Mining coal at Svea while dismantling it may be OK,...
The Norwegian government appears to be relenting on its opposition to resuming coal mining at Svea under any circumstances, with a top official now stating the idea will be considered if it can be done...
View ArticleDead again: Store Norske, after getting ministry to say maybe, gives up on...
OK, this time the hope of doing any more mining at Svea is truly dead. Honest. Store Norske says it is giving up on the hoping of extracting coal from the mine while carrying out a government-ordered...
View ArticleROUGH JUSTICE: Monica Mæland presided over the shutdown of most of Svalbard’s...
Since her most notable Svalbard moment is a horde of emotionally-charged torch-wielding citizens cornering her in a dark parking lot, Monica Mæland is at the very least well-qualified to cope with...
View ArticleSVEA LOCKED: Final shutdown ceremony ‘marks the closure of over a hundred...
More than 30 million tons of coal were extracted over 17 years and there’s still another 10 million tons inside, but the symbolic final step of sealing it off seemingly forever occurred Wednesday as...
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