Kiirunavaara
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Kiirunavaara is a mountain in Kiruna
, Sweden
that contains the biggest bodies of iron ore in the world. The Swedish mining company LKAB
(Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag) has been mining the mountain since the beginning of the 20th century.
Kiruna
Kiruna is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in Lapland province, with 18,154 inhabitants in 2005. It is the seat of Kiruna Municipality Kiruna (Northern Sami: Giron, Finnish: Kiiruna) is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in Lapland province, with 18,154 inhabitants in 2005. It is...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
that contains the biggest bodies of iron ore in the world. The Swedish mining company LKAB
LKAB
LKAB is a Swedish mining company. The company mines iron ore at Kiruna and at Malmberget in northern Sweden. The company was established in 1890, and has been 100% state-owned since the 1950s...
(Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag) has been mining the mountain since the beginning of the 20th century.