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Kiruna

Boom town, Sweden, founded 1900.

About Kiruna

Urban area in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden.1

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Mines

Worked atKirunaKiruna lies about 5 km away.1

Events

Led toKiruna relocation announcedKiruna is part of this story: Kiruna relocation announced.1Led toLKAB foundedKiruna is part of this story: LKAB founded.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q83232 (Kiruna)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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The Kiruna iron ore mine drawn in 3D: the ore body dipping under the town, its levels and shafts, at the moment of the nightly blastData storyA day in the life of a mine3D · Kiruna, SwedenCurrent eventsThe TownKiruna, moved for the iron underneathTwo blue electric locomotives pull a long ore train along a lake shore through autumn birch woodsEquipmentConveyors, rail and portsLogistics · Moving oreHistory of miningIron, steel and the Pilbara1856-2025

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Conveyors, rail and ports by Kabelleger / David Gubler, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Kirunavaara gruva, Kiruna., Fotograf okänd, / Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).