{"id":1170,"date":"2025-11-13T23:54:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T23:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bergslagenmetals.com\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2025-11-15T02:50:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T02:50:56","slug":"what-swedens-previous-uranium-moratorium-meant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bergslagenmetals.com\/en\/what-swedens-previous-uranium-moratorium-meant\/","title":{"rendered":"What Sweden\u2019s Previous Uranium Moratorium Meant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The moratorium was a prohibition on uranium extraction originally introduced in 2018 through amendments to the Swedish environmental code (\u201cmilj\u00f6balken\u201d). It was applied to both uranium mined as a primary product and as a by-product (e.g., during alum shale extraction). Mining of the Alum Shale formation for other minerals and metals was allowed, just like any other mining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key implications of the moratorium:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Uranium may not be extracted in Sweden, not even as a by-product in other mining operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Critical metals such as <strong>vanadium (V), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni)<\/strong>, <strong>molybdenum (Mo)<\/strong>, and <strong>rare earth elements (REEs)<\/strong> will remain of interest for mineral exploration and potential mining of alum shales despite the ban.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uranium would need to be treated as hazardous waste, which is environmentally and economically inefficient, and in a mining scenario uranium would be put back in the tailings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sweden will remain dependent on imported uranium from countries with lower environmental standards, such as <strong>Russia, Kazakhstan, Niger, and Namibia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SOU, &#8220;Utvinning&nbsp;ur&nbsp;alunskiffer&#8221;, pp. 96\u201397, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regeringen.se\/contentassets\/f8c862904cf7495abf82648fa923bb87\/utvinning-ur-alunskiffer-sou202071.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Utvinning ur alunskiffer Kunskap om milj\u00f6risker och f\u00f6rslag till sk\u00e4rpning av regelverket SOU 2020:71<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SGU, &#8220;Mineralmarknaden&nbsp;2015 Tema&nbsp;Energimetaller&#8221;, p. 38, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgu.se\/globalassets\/produkter\/publikationer\/tidigare\/mineralmarknaden-2015---tema-energimetaller.pdf\">https:\/\/www.sgu.se\/globalassets\/produkter\/publikationer\/tidigare\/mineralmarknaden-2015&#8212;tema-energimetaller.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SOU, &#8220;Utvinning&nbsp;ur&nbsp;alunskiffer&#8221;, pp. 21\u201323, 147-151, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regeringen.se\/contentassets\/f8c862904cf7495abf82648fa923bb87\/utvinning-ur-alunskiffer-sou202071.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Utvinning ur alunskiffer Kunskap om milj\u00f6risker och f\u00f6rslag till sk\u00e4rpning av regelverket SOU 2020:71<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SGU, &#8220;Mineralmarknaden&nbsp;2015 Tema&nbsp;Energimetaller&#8221;, p. 49, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgu.se\/globalassets\/produkter\/publikationer\/tidigare\/mineralmarknaden-2015---tema-energimetaller.pdf\">https:\/\/www.sgu.se\/globalassets\/produkter\/publikationer\/tidigare\/mineralmarknaden-2015&#8212;tema-energimetaller.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The moratorium was a prohibition on uranium extraction originally introduced in 2018 through amendments to the Swedish environmental code (\u201cmilj\u00f6balken\u201d). 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