NGU Focus No. 2 2012
FOCUS
Introduction
Mineral resources
in Norway 2011
The mineral and mining industry comprises companies involved in extraction 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 limestone), olivine, nepheline syenite, quartz and dolomite)
• Natural and dimension stone (e.g. larvikite, granite, marble, slate/
flagstone and building stone)
PRODUCTION OF NORWAY’S MOST IMPORTANT
MINERAL PRODUCTS
• Building materials (sand, gravel, hard-rock aggregate, rock for ballast
and clay)
(2011, FOB MILL NOK)
AGGREGATE
• Metallic ores (e. g. iron, nickel, molybdenum and ilmenite-titanium)
IRON
3820
• Energy minerals (e. g. coal and peat)
CARBONATE
1819
1796
Construction materials
4672
Industrial minerals
2932
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Metallic ores
2463
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Coal and peat
1459
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Natural stone
mill. NOK
"
922
Total
COAL
1406
12 448
mill. NOK
845
620
534
393
343
278
SAND AND GRAVEL
ILMENITE
NATURAL STONE
QUARTZ- QUARTZITE
OLIVINE
NEPHELINE SYENITE
256
SLATE/ FLAGSTONE
132
BUILDING STONE
DOLOMITE
65
Reference:
Produscers and NGU/Directorate of Mining
May 2012
P. R.N.
53
PEAT
GRAPHITE
34
23
NICKEL
FELDSPAR
18
8
7
TALC
CLAY
General overview
PRODUCTION OF NORWAY’S MOST IMPORTANT
MINERAL PRODUCTS
(2011, mill. tonnes)
AGGREGATE
SAND OG GRAVEL
63.8
13.2
CARBONATE
STEIN
5.9
Construction materials
77.26 mill. tonnes
Industrial materials
10.41
"
Metallic ores
3.41
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Coal and peat
1.74
"
0.90
"
Natural stone
Total
IRON
2.5
93.72 mill.tonnes
1.6
1.16
0.87
0.68
2.2
OLIVINE
COAL
QUARTZ/ QUARTZITE
ILMENITE
DOLOMITE
0.47 NATURAL STONE
0.34 BUILDING STONE
0.33
NEPHELINE SYENITE
0.19
CLAY
Reference:
Produscers and NGU/Directorate of Mining
May 2012
P. R.N.
PEAT
0.10
0.088
FELDSPAR
0.025 0.007
SLATE/
FLAGSTONE
NICKEL
GRAPHITE
0.008 0.0008
TALC
All of the above materials are essential for everyday life: modern society cannot 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 products 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).
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 million, 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, representing 60 % of the overall turnover. The export value for industrial minerals was NOK 2,300 million, of which calcium carbonate slurry, olivine and
nepheline syenite are the most important products. The natural stone industry 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
Mining and quarrying
industry in 2011
Extraction of various mineral resources:
94 million tonnes
Production value:
12,400 million NOK
1550 million EUR
Export:
an export value of NOK 1009 million, whereas exports from ore production 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 important mineral-producing counties are Møre og Romsdal, Rogaland, Finnmark,
Nordland and Vestfold.
7,500 million NOK
938 million EUR
60 per cent
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