At the beginning of July, the Supreme Land and Environmental Court decided not to approve Cementa's application for a continued and extended permit for lime mining in Slite on Gotland after the last October of this year.
After this, LKAB announced that they will have a production loss of between 50 and 80 percent, if they do not find another cement supplier before October.
LKAB basically gets all its cement from Cementa and according to the company, the decision risks pulling back the carpet for the company's ore mining, and also threatening the social transformation in the Ore Fields.
Professor: HD does not grant leave to appeal
The mining giant has demanded solutions from the judiciary, state and authorities.
But according to Jonas Ebbesson, professor of environmental law, their demands are impossible to implement.
- My assessment is that the Supreme Court does not grant leave to appeal.
In any case, not regarding the quality of the environmental impact statement.
And if the court does not do that - then this process is over, says Jonas Ebbesson.
The government takes over
In the debate, demands have also been made that the government could do the same as in the case of Preem's oil refinery in Lysekil, where they went in and took over the case after the case was appealed to the Environmental Court of Appeal.
Preem later withdrew his application.
But this is not possible in the Cementa case, according to Jonas Ebbesson, professor of environmental law.
- The Environmental Code states that the government must intervene immediately, which means that it must take place already in the first instance. In the Cementa case, we are at an even later stage. Here it is legally impossible for the government to enter. It would violate the rules of the Environmental Code.