{"id":174788,"date":"2026-07-23T14:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=174788"},"modified":"2026-07-23T14:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:28:21","slug":"ebba-busch-gruvor-ska-prioriteras-som-riksintresse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/ebba-busch-mines-should-be-designated-as-a-matter-of-national-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebba Busch: Mining Should Be Prioritized as a Matter of National Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The government will establish a new agency to handle environmental reviews and permits for mines. Energy Minister Ebba Busch (KD) is presenting this as part of an effort to make mining and mineral issues a central part of Swedish security policy.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government plans to establish a new agency responsible for environmental reviews of mining operations. The announcement comes from the Minister of Energy <strong>Ebba Busch<\/strong> (KD) in connection with the presentation of a new mineral strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The background to this is the deteriorating security situation and Europe\u2019s growing industrial dependence on China, which Busch describes as a systemic risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2013 We are taking this action in light of the fact that the security situation has deteriorated, while Europe\u2019s industrial dependence on China has grown into a systemic risk<\/em>, says Ebba Busch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Minerals as a Matter of Security Policy<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She emphasizes that Sweden possesses vast natural resources and that these must be utilized in a turbulent world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2013 A small country like Sweden, which possesses enormous natural resources and a world-class company, must capitalize on that strength.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the new strategy, mining and mineral issues will be placed at the heart of Swedish security policy. The government believes that mines are currently being used as tools by geopolitical actors and that this threatens Sweden\u2019s defense capabilities in the event of a crisis or war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Other measures in the strategy<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategy also includes studies on how to shorten processing times for new mines, a review of mineral fees, and the designation of more mineral deposits as areas of national interest. This would give mining projects higher priority relative to other interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal is to enable Sweden to extract the minerals needed for both industry and national defense more quickly, while reducing its dependence on foreign suppliers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ebba Busch Establishes New Mining Agency. Mineral Issues to Become Part of Security Policy<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":163233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,1522,209,205],"tags":[1352,1345,1316],"class_list":["post-174788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-inrikes","category-mellan","category-ekonomi","category-nyheter","tag-ebba-busch","tag-gruvindustrin","tag-myndighet"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}