Fennoscandian Exploration & Mining (FEM), which is being held next week, is one of Europe’s largest events for mineral exploration and mining. This year it welcomes a record number of 900 participants from 20 different nations. Among the participants, there are managerial level decision makers and experts from mining companies, mining service organisations and the public sector.
The past few years have seen an enormous increase in mining and mineral exploration activity in the Fennoscandian region, the domain for some of Europe’s richest known ore reserves. Companies have invested record sums in the search for nickel, copper, gold, platinum metals, iron ore, uranium and diamonds, according to the organisers. “New mines have been opened and more are being planned. Old mining regions have been re-examined and the exploitability of new finds has been assessed all over Fennoscandia.”Once again, FEM offers a comprehensive picture of what is happening in the mineral exploration and mining industry today and in the near future in Finland, Sweden, Northwest Russia and Norway. This year too, the conference presents the most interesting projects in the industry, focusing also on mining activities from the perspective of sustainable development. Internationally renowned experts will speak about exploration and mining from the global perspective. At the FEM Conference, Anglo American will release new information about a significant new ore discovery in Sodankylä. The trade show arranged in connection with the conference sees involvement from nearly a hundred exhibitors presenting their own operations, services and products.
Fennoscandia is a geographic and geological term used to describe the Scandinavian Peninsula, the Kola Peninsula, Karelia and Finland. Geologically, the term also alludes to the underlying Fennoscandian Shield of Norway, Sweden, Finland, which is the exposed portion of the Baltic Shield and is over 3.1 billion years old.
The conference programme and list of exhibitors can also be found at: http://fem.lappi.fi
