Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani

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Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani (SNSK) is a Norwegian coal mining company based on the Svalbard archipelago. It was formed in 1916, after a Norwegian purchase of the American Arctic Coal Company (ACC).

The company has 360 employees and currently operates two coal mines. The largest one is located in the Sveagruva settlement, about 60 km south of Longyearbyen. The Svea Nord longwall mine has an annual output of 3 million tonnes of bituminous coal. A third of it is sold for metallurgical purposes.

The managing director of Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani is Robert Hermansen.

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