An Entire Arctic Town Is Being Moved in Europe’s Minerals Expansion
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AI-Powered 70% GROQ-LLAMA-3.1-8B-INSTANTThe Swedish mining company LKAB is relocating the town of Kiruna to expand iron ore mining operations, with the recent relocation of a 113-year-old church being a notable engineering feat.
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Over two days during the short 2025 summer beyond the Arctic Circle, a mining company moved a 113-year-old timber church building in its entirety nearly two miles away, in an engineering feat that made international headlines. The moving of the Kiruna Church from the Swedish town of the same name, created by the iron ore mining industry, wasn’t a solitary feat. The relocation of the church is part of a decades-long project by Sweden-based mining company LKAB, which is relocating the entire town of Kiruna to expand iron ore mining and tap…
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The Swedish mining company LKAB is relocating the town of Kiruna to expand iron ore mining operations, with the recent relocation of a 113-year-old church being a notable engineering feat.
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