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===Energy industry=== [[Energy in Finland|Finland's energy supply]] is divided as follows: nuclear power 26%, net imports 20%, hydroelectric power 16%, combined production district heat 18%, combined production industry 13%, condensing power 6%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.fi/tup/suomi90/maaliskuu_en.html |website=Statistics Finland |title=The use and sources of energy 1917-2007 |date=30 March 2007 |access-date=26 April 2015}}</ref> One half of all the energy consumed in Finland goes to industry, one fifth to heating buildings and one fifth to transport.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 2007 |title=Finland β Energy Mix Fact Sheet |url=http://ec.europa.eu/energy/energy_policy/doc/factsheets/mix/mix_fi_en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527094710/http://ec.europa.eu/energy/energy_policy/doc/factsheets/mix/mix_fi_en.pdf |archive-date=27 May 2012 |access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref> Lacking indigenous fossil fuel resources, Finland has been an energy importer. This might change in the future since Finland is currently building its fifth nuclear reactor, and approved building permits for its sixth and seventh ones.<ref>[[Nuclear power in Finland]], fetched 26 November 2010</ref> There are some uranium resources in Finland, but to date no commercially viable deposits have been identified for exclusive [[Uranium mine|mining of uranium]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gtk.fi/geologia/luonnonvarat/uraani/uraanikaivokset.html |title=Uraanikaivokset |website=Gtk.fi |access-date=26 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318182255/http://www.gtk.fi/geologia/luonnonvarat/uraani/uraanikaivokset.html |archive-date=18 March 2015 }}</ref> However, permits have been granted to [[Talvivaara]] to produce uranium from the [[tailings]] of their [[nickel]]-[[cobalt]] mine.
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