Building material resources

in Norway
Extraction and land-use planning

Peer-Richard Neeb & Rolv Dahl

Geological Survey of Norway
Baltic Inert Material Management Symposium
Stockholm, 21-22nd November

Mineral resources in Norway

The mining and quarrying industry comprises companies
engaged in extracting and processing minerals and rocks
from bedrock or superficial deposits.
Five categories of raw materials are distinguished:

industrial minerals (e.g. limestone, quartz, olivine

and nepheline syenite)
Building
materials

natural stone
(e.g. larvikite, granite and flagstone)
raw materials for construction (sand, gravel,
crushed rock and clay)
metallic ores (iron, nickel and titanium oxide)
energy minerals (coal and peat)

Norwegian mining and quarrying industry in 2010

1200 producers
5500 employees

Building materials
Hard-rock aggregates
342 companies/1590 employees
Sand and gravel
351 companies/500 employees
Natural stone
94 companies/600 employees

Mineral raw materials in use

Concrete
19 %

Other
31 %
Road
50 %

Norwegian production of mineral products 2010

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1350 mill. EUR

85 mill. tonnes

4954 mill. NOK, 620 mill EUR

Building materials

Building materials

68 mill tonnes

Annual consumption: 10.1 tonnes per capita

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75 years 760 tonnes!

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Norwegian export of aggregates to Europe in 2010

From coastal quarries in Southern

Norway:
17.5 mill. tonnes hard rock aggregate
0.1 mill. tonnes sand and gravel
1.3 mill. tonnes offshore
Export sales: 110 mill EUR
Amsterdam

Paris

Export of gravel and hard rock

aggregate (inkl. Offshore)
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Norwegian export of aggregates 2010 by

countries

Germany

Denmark

Netherlands

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Belgium

Baltic states

Norsk stein as, the largest aggregate

producer in Europe

Production
2010 5.8 mill. tonnes
2011 9 mill. tonnes
2012 10 mill. tonnes
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Information on resources
Data acquisition
Fieldwork, mapping
Laboratory investigations

Los Angeles method

Polished stone value
Nordic abrasion value
Micro-deval
Microscopy
Quartz in % and Radon in ppm

Data interpretation
Data presentation

Case: Larvikite

Dimension stone, export

20 quarries, 350 employees
Total turnover: 58 mill. EUR
Profitable, significant business in one specific
region.
Larvikite is utilised worldwide, one of the most
attractive natural stones in the world.
Awarded as the National rock of Norway

Several varieties and qualities

Very important (confirmed reserves)

Important (possible reserves)
May be important (potential reserves)

Partly important
Not important

www.ngu.no

Database

Sand and
gravel

Chrushed rock
aggregates

Natural stone

Operators

351

342

94

Employees

500

1590

600

Number of deposits

8200

1200

1216

Deposits of
national interest

21

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60

Deposits of
regional interest

59

39

Number of quarries

7180

1095

1216

Quarries in
production

420

310

91

Quarries with
periodic activity

1700

300

89

Closed quarries

5060

485

687

Deposits without
quarries

250

154

Quarries of
historical interest

348

60 natural stone
deposits of
national interest

In production
Potential deposit

National and regional

important sand, gravel
and crushed rock
deposits
Of national interest:
50 crushed bedrock
aggregates
21 sand/gravel

Of regional interest:
59 crushed bedrock
aggregates
39 sand/gravel

National database of available resources: Sand, gravel

and crushed rock aggregates:
Norsk Stein AS, Suldal municipality, Rogaland county

Case studies:
Aggregates in the Jren
region and Oslo region

Trondheim

Bergen

Oslo

Stavanger

Large amount of local consumption

Large amount of export
High-quality resources
Economic growth- demand for areasland-use conflicts
Issue addressed by the county council

Regional plan for aggregates, Jren

High-quality deposits of sand, gravel and crushed rock aggregates

Sand and gravel

Very important deposit

Important deposit
Less important deposit
Potential areas for utilisation
Gravel
Chrushed rock

Areas designated for recreation and approved green belts

Nature conservation plans
Cultural heritage sites

Recreation areas

Gravel
Hard rock
Regional recreation areas

Areas
protected
by law areas
Nature
conservation
Areas where protection is
recommended
OtherGravel
important areas for
Hard rock
recreation

Cultural heritage

Areas protected by law

Gravel
Trekking routes
Areas whereHard
protection
rock is
recommended
Geological heritage
areas
Areas of interest
Protected objects