Arctic Town Seeks Swedish State Help With Relocation Due to Mine

Sweden’s Arctic municipality of Kiruna called for government help to relocate a third of its residents to allow the expansion of the world’s largest underground iron ore mine.

Kiruna has won fame for being moved in its entirety — a process started in 2004 — to accommodate the growth of the state-owned LKAB’s mine. In updated forecasts on Thursday, LKAB said it now expected 2,700 more homes and 6,000 more people, a third of the town’s population, to be directly affected by its expansion plans over the coming decade.