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Sweden’s iron miner LKAB delivers strongest earnings ever

The Kiruna-based metals company posted profits double what it earned in 2020.

By Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer February 17, 2022
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Green technologies are set to drive northern Sweden’s economy to new heights, but meanwhile, values from mining bring income higher than ever before. Europe’s largest iron ore producer, LKAB in Kiruna, this week posted a historic high 26.9 billion kroner operating profit. That is more than a doubling from the 2020 profit.

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