Type State owned Products Bituminous coal Website www.snsk.no Founded 1916 Predecessor Arctic Coal Company | Key people Per Andersson (CEO) Net income NOK 350 million (2009) Revenue 1.2 billion NOK Number of employees 340 (2010) | |
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Owner Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry CEO Per Andersson (1 Jan 2012–) Headquarters Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Parent organization Ministry of Trade and Industry | ||
Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani (SNSK), or simply Store Norske, is a Norwegian coal mining company based on the Svalbard archipelago. It was formed in 1916, after a Norwegian purchase of the American Arctic Coal Company (ACC).
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The company has 360 employees and operates two coal mines. The largest one is located in the Sveagruva settlement, about 60 km south of Longyearbyen. The Svea Nord longwall mine has an annual output of 2 million tonnes of bituminous coal. A third of it is sold for metallurgical purposes. The managing director of Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani is Per Andersson.
The Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani has a shipping port at Cape Amsterdam, 15 km from Sveagruva.
Former chief executive officers
Former chief executive officers
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