Mineral resources in Norway: potential and strategic importance, 2016 update

Abstract

The aim of this report is to give a brief summary of Norway's mineral resources potential, of trends of the world markets for the relevant commodities and, on this basis, to point to development possibillities and to threats to supply chains which are important for Norwegian industry. The criticality analysis made by the European Union (DG Enterprise, now DG Growth) in 2014 is taken as a starting pont. The implications of similar analysis undertaken in the United States and Japan are also considered in relation to specific issues. A summary of progress on the third such analysis (results due in 2017) in included.