In Norway, the Nussir copper project, proposed by Nussir ASA, is planning to dispose waste into the protected Repparfjord, which could pose a significant threat to the protected salmon and reindeer herding, negatively affecting Sámi’s livelihoods. Norway is one of the two only countries in the world, and the only one in Europe, where mining waste dumping through a method called submarine tailings disposal is permitted.