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After a 15-year dispute, Nordic Mining has been given the go-ahead to dispose of 170m tonnes of mining waste at the bottom of the Førde fjord. Before, the government had won a court case against environmental organisations who had tried to block the disposal.
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Nordic Mining is permitted to dump 9 tons of chemicals into the fjord per year, including 2 tons of SIBX (sodium isobutyl xanthate).
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