Court orders review of appeals over Forcit TNT plant

Finland’s Supreme Administrative Court has sent appeals over the environmental assessment decision for Forcit’s planned explosives factory back to an administrative court. Forcit, which is building the factory in Noormarkku, Pori, told Yle it is monitoring the case and will assess any effects on the project as proceedings continue.

Forcit said it would not yet comment in detail on what the ruling could mean for the factory’s schedule.

The appeals concern a decision by the Varsinais-Suomi Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment that the factory project did not require an environmental impact assessment. Registered associations and property owners appealed the decision.

The Supreme Administrative Court said its ruling does not determine whether the decision to forgo an assessment was lawful or whether the appellants have the right to appeal. The TNT-producing factory is due to be completed in Noormarkku in 2028.