FOCUS NGU FOCUS NR.6 FEB 2019

Mining operations commenced at Espedalen and Ertelia in the 1840s and with in- creased production in the following years from several mines, Norway became the world’s major

Quar- rying has taken place in various locations and today operations are ongoing in the world’s largest quartzite quarry in Tana on the North Norwegian coast, at Mårnes south

The AMCG complexes carry apatite (ap)-rich intrusions of nelsonites and pyroxenites to leuconorites of Paleo- (LVMC, JVNC), Meso- (JVNC) and Neoproterozoic age (RAP, LN,

The most significant deposits are (1) the Tellnes ilmenite deposit (in operation) and (2) combined ap- atite, ilmenite and vanadium-rich titanomagnetite, both in the Ro-

Mining operations commenced at Espedalen and Ertelia in the 1840s and with in- creased production in the following years from several mines, Norway became the world’s major

Cobalt is enriched in several other deposit types, including sediment-hosted copper deposits, magmatic Ni-Cu deposits and some of the volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS)

Mining of copper and zinc from massive sulfide deposits has a long tradition in Norway, with more than 450 years of production.. Major mining districts included Røros,

Historically graphite has been produced from three mines of which one, Skaland Graphite, is the only current producer.. The Norwegian graphite depos- its are all of flake