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Norwegian coal mining company
Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani (SNSK), or simply Store Norske, 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 had 360 employees and operated two coal mines.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
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Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani (SNSK), or simply Store Norske, 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).2
Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani was founded in 1916. The Norwegian state, that had owned 99.9 per cent of the shares in the company from 1975, increased its shareholding to 100 per cent in 2015.
From Wikipedia’s article on Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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