The government has granted an application from Greena Mineral, a subsidiary of the Australian company Leading Edge Materials, for a processing concession to extract rare earth metals in the Norra Kärr area in Jönköping Municipality.
"Currently, Sweden and the EU are dependent on rare earth metals from countries located outside the EU, not least China. A possible extraction of the deposit in Norra Kärr could satisfy a large part of Sweden's and the EU's supply needs and therefore a possible establishment should be investigated further," says Minister of Energy and Enterprise Ebba Busch (KD).
