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Increase in extraction of natural resources
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2015-12-17T10:00:00.000Z
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Statistics show domestic extraction, import and export of natural resources i.e. biomass, minerals and fossil energy materials and carriers. The statistics also show imports and exports of products divided into material types as per their manufacturing stages.

Economy-wide material flow accounts, 2014

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Increase in extraction of natural resources

The economy-wide flow accounts show that over 322 million tonnes of natural resources were extracted in Norway in 2014. The extraction of raw metal ores has almost doubled from 2009 to 2014. There has been a gradual increase in the extraction of non-metallic minerals over the past five years.

Material flow account. Domestic extraction, import and export of materials, material products and waste. 1 000 tonnes.Published 17 December 2015
200920132014Change in per cent
2009 - 2014
Domestic extraction314 929319 185322 4842
Biomass12 73512 73013 7708.1
Metal ores (gross ores)7 39412 91113 81487
Non metalic minerals72 46490 46791 16826
Fossil energy materials/carriers222 336203 077203 732-8
 
Imports33 30837 84937 03411
Biomass and biomass products7 1717 7917 8399
Metal ores and concentrates, raw and processed7 2618 5998 88522
Non-metallic minerals, raw and processed4 5646 1136 25537
Fossil energy materials/carriers, raw and processed11 51211 62410 228-11
Other products2 5233 3273 53640
Waste imported for final treatment and disposal2773952915
 
Exports218 051209 978214 756-2
Biomass and biomass products6 6878 3309 27039
Metal ores and concentrates, raw and processed5 5518 7909 43170
Non-metallic minerals, raw and processed18 25924 51425 47740
Fossil energy materials/carriers, raw and processed182 319161 711163 960-10
Other products4 4725 0344 8769
Waste exported for final treatment and disposal7631 5991 742128

Source: Statistics Norway

In 2014, about 37 million tonnes of natural resources, other products and waste were imported, while exports of the same materials were 215 million tonnes. The exported goods contain mainly fossil energy materials and carriers, which comprised 76 per cent of the total exports. Fossil energy materials have clearly the largest share both in domestic extraction of natural resources and exports.

Exports of fossil energy decreased by 10 per cent from 2009 to 2014, while exports of raw metal ores and non-metallic minerals increased during this period by 70 and 40 per cent respectively. The same trend is also visible in the domestic extraction of raw metal ores and non-metallic minerals.

Exports of waste for final treatment and disposal have increased dramatically in the last few years, most likely due to cheaper waste treatment in other countries.

The economy-wide flow accounts are based on instructions in Regulation (EU) No. 691/2011 on European Environmental Economic Accounts. Norway has annual reporting obligations under the regulation.