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fromFortune
1 week ago

Europe's largest deposit of rare-earth minerals sits directly in the path of an ancient reindeer migration route 124 miles above the Arctic Circle

Mining expansion and rare-earth extraction threaten Sami reindeer migration routes, risking collapse of reindeer-based livelihoods and eroding Sami culture.
fromIrish Independent
4 weeks ago

Swedish church sets off on three-mile road trip to new city centre before iron-ore mine swallows town

The Kiruna Church and its belfry are being moved along a five-kilometre route east to a new city center as part of Kiruna's relocation due to mining threats.
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