Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani

Infobox Company
company_name = Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani AS
company_
company_type = State owned
foundation = 1916
location = Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
key_people = Robert Hermansen (CEO)
area_served = Svalbard
industry = Mining
products = Bituminous coal
revenue = profit NOK 1,200 million
operating_income =
net_income = NOK 216 million
num_employees = 360 (2007)
parent = Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.snsk.no snsk.no]
footnotes =

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 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 Bjørn Arnestad.

External links

* [http://www.snsk.no Company website]