Court Rejects Kokkola City Council’s Zoning Approval for Länttä
The Vaasa Administrative Court has rejected Kokkola City Council’s zoning approval decision concerning the partial master plan for the Länttä mining area in Ullava, Kokkola. The City Council approved the plan on 25 March 2021, but an appeal against the decision was lodged in April. Mining activities in Länttä will not begin until the early 2030s at the earliest, approximately 10 years after the first of Keliber’s mines, Syväjärvi, has been commissioned, which is planned to take place in 2024. The schedule is also affected by the results of the drilling programme, which aims to increase