ROTTNEROS TO APPEAL ENVIRONMENTAL RULING IN VALLVIK
Rottneros will appeal a decision by the Environmental Court in Östersund to the Environmental Court of Appeals. The decision requires the construction of a biopurification plant at Vallvik Mill. The plant which, according to the environmental ruling, must be operational by the beginning of 2010, would involve an investment of around SEK 100m. The Court’s decision was not unanimous.Rottneros’ motive for appealing the ruling is that biopurification would not result in environmental improvement. Continuous measurements show that Ljusnefjärden, a bay in the southern part of the Gulf of Bothnia