Mining Companies of Norway - Coal Companies of Norway, Orkla Group, Sydvaranger, Arktikugol, Kings Bay, Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Coal Companies of Norway, Orkla Group, Sydvaranger, Arktikugol, Kings Bay, Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani, Blaafarvev rket, Crew Minerals. Excerpt: Orkla Group (OSE: ORK) is a Norwegian industrial conglomerate operating in the Nordic region, Eastern Europe, Asia and the US. The company's main divisions are branded consumer goods, aluminium solutions, materials, associates and financial investments. Orkla's branded consumer goods division produces brands in many fields, primarily in the Nordic region, but also in other places, especially in the Central and Eastern European countries, Russia and the Baltic region. Among the companies owned by Orkla are Abba Seafood, Bakers, Beauvais, Chips, Collett Pharma, Felix Abba, Gteborgs Kex, Kalev, KiMs, LaMote, Lilleborg, Mavalli Tiffin Rooms, Peter Mller, Nidar, Nora, OLW, Procordia Food, SladCo, Stabburet, S tre, Sapa, Elkem, Borregaard and Pierre Robert Group. Borregaard is a Norwegian chemical company with products within wood based chemicals and other organic chemicals. Borregaard has 20 plants in 13 countries. Elkem is a Norwegian-based industrial company producing silicon and specialised products including carbon, ferrosilicon and microsilica. Elkem has 40 plants worldwide. They have invested $600 million in Elkem Solar to produce solar grade silicon without the massive energy that is normally required. Sapa is a Swedish-based company that produces high value-added profiles, building systems and heat transfer strips in aluminium. Sapa's aluminium profiles business was in 2007 merged with Alcoa's, almost doubling Sapa's turnover. In 2009 Alcoa took over all aluminium activities from Elkem while Sapa took over the profile business from Alcoa. The same year Sapa took over bankrupt Indalex i... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1947092