Norwegian Directorate of Mining

Directorate of Mining with the Commissioner of Mines at Svalbard

Company type	Government agency
Founded	1986
Headquarters	Trondheim, Norway
Area served	Norway
Number of employees	18 (2007)
Parent	Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry
Website	www.bergvesenet.no
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The Norwegian Directorate of Mining with the Commissioner of Mines at Svalbard (Norwegian: Bergvesenet med Bergmesteren for Svalbard) is a Norwegian government agency responsible for administrating the extraction of mineral resources within the kingdom. The directorate is subordinate to the Ministry of Trade and Industry and co-located with the Norwegian Geological Survey in Trondheim, with a separate office in Longyearbyen.

A total of 18 employees see to the administration of mining legislation, registering claims, approving mine plans and supervising the extractive industry. It is also the supervisory authority concerning environmental impact assessment for planned extraction.^[1]