Supplements to the environmental permit application for the Suomussalmi talc project have been submitted to the Regional State Administrative Agency

The environmental permitting process for the project is progressing as planned. The permit application was prepared on the basis of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report and was supplemented as requested by the authorities. The supplements were deemed sufficient, and on 2 April 2026 the Permit and Supervisory Authority (LVV) announced the public notice for the environmental and water management permit application concerning the Suomussalmi talc project.

The membership strengthens the company’s position within the Finnish mining community and provides an opportunity to contribute to the development of the sector together with

We have submitted the requested supplements to the environmental and water management permit application for the Suomussalmi talc project to the Regional State Administrative Agency

The project is advancing as planned across multiple fronts: permitting, technical design, by-product utilization, and sustainability goals are reinforcing one another and driving the project forward. We’ve continued active dialogue with potential customers and financiers – and received positive feedback on the project’s progress.

The environmental and water permit application for the Suomussalmi talc project was submitted to the Regional State Administrative Agency of Northern Finland on 9 May 2025.

It is possible to take biodiversity into account throughout the entire life cycle of the project when it is taken into account already during the

Nordic Talc Oy organized a resident and stakeholder survey regarding the Suomussalmi talc utilization project. The resident and stakeholder survey is intended to be continued periodically in order to map the views of local people and other stakeholders, especially on the impacts caused by the project on people, and to hear, among other things, expectations and wishes for the implementation of project communication.

As we are reaching the end of 2024, it is time to look at the past year and its achievements. It is a time to

As part of the project’s social impact monitoring, we will be organizing a resident and stakeholder survey to map the views of the area’s residents and other stakeholders on the project and its impacts.

North Ostrobothnia’s Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment has granted Nordic Talc Oy a company development grant from the EU regional and structural policy program “Innovation and skills in Finland 2021-2027” for the project “Improving the energy and material efficiency of the Suomussalmi talc project”.

Tulikivi Oyj’s subsidiary, Nordic Talc Oy, is investigating the commencement of talc production in the Kivikangas mining area within the Haaponen deposit, located in Suomussalmi.

Nordic Talc Oy has submitted the Environmental Impact Assessment report (EIA report) of the Suomussalmi talc reserves utilization project to the Centre for Economic Development, Transport, and the Environment of Kainuu (ELY center), which acts as the liaison authority, on June 27, 2024.