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LKAB ( Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag
Aktiebolag

Aktiebolag is the Swedish language term for "limited company" or "corporation". When used in company names, it is abbreviated "AB" . The governmental authority responsible for registration of limited companies in Sweden is called Bolagsverket ....
) is a Swedish
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 mining company. The company is mining iron ore in mines at Kiruna
Kiruna

Kiruna is the northernmost Stad in Sweden, situated in Lapland, Sweden province, with 18,154 inhabitants in 2005. It is the seat of Kiruna Municipality in Norrbotten County....
 and at Malmberget
Malmberget

Malmberget is a mining town in G?llivare Municipality, Norrbotten County, northern Sweden . It has 5,600 inhabitants. It is situated 5 km from the municipal seat G?llivare....
 in northern Sweden. The company was established in 1890, and it is 100% state-owned since the 1950:s. The iron ore is processed to pellet
Pellet

Pellet are small particles typically created by compressing an original material. Specific items often termed 'pellet' include:* Pelletizing is the industrial process used to create pellets, using a pellet mill...
s and fines, and are transported by train (Malmbanan
Malmbanan

Malmbanan, "the ore rail", is a railway line between Lule?, Sweden, and Narvik, Norway. The part of the line that is on Norwegian territory between Narvik and Riksgr?nsen is called Ofotbanen....
) to the harbours at Narvik
Narvik

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. Narvik is located on the shores of the Ofotfjord ....
 and Luleċ
Luleċ

Lule? , is a Cities in Sweden with a population of 57 144 in the urban area, and 73 416 including connecting suburbs. The city is located at the coast of Norrbotten in northern Sweden....
 and to the steelmill at Luleċ (SSAB
SSAB

SSAB Swedish Steel AB , or simply SSAB is a Sweden company, formed in 1978 and specialised in processing raw material to steel. Industriv?rden is the largest shareholder....
).

The iron ore products are mainly sold to European steelmills.






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LKAB ( Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag
Aktiebolag

Aktiebolag is the Swedish language term for "limited company" or "corporation". When used in company names, it is abbreviated "AB" . The governmental authority responsible for registration of limited companies in Sweden is called Bolagsverket ....
) is a Swedish
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 mining company. The company is mining iron ore in mines at Kiruna
Kiruna

Kiruna is the northernmost Stad in Sweden, situated in Lapland, Sweden province, with 18,154 inhabitants in 2005. It is the seat of Kiruna Municipality in Norrbotten County....
 and at Malmberget
Malmberget

Malmberget is a mining town in G?llivare Municipality, Norrbotten County, northern Sweden . It has 5,600 inhabitants. It is situated 5 km from the municipal seat G?llivare....
 in northern Sweden. The company was established in 1890, and it is 100% state-owned since the 1950:s. The iron ore is processed to pellet
Pellet

Pellet are small particles typically created by compressing an original material. Specific items often termed 'pellet' include:* Pelletizing is the industrial process used to create pellets, using a pellet mill...
s and fines, and are transported by train (Malmbanan
Malmbanan

Malmbanan, "the ore rail", is a railway line between Lule?, Sweden, and Narvik, Norway. The part of the line that is on Norwegian territory between Narvik and Riksgr?nsen is called Ofotbanen....
) to the harbours at Narvik
Narvik

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. Narvik is located on the shores of the Ofotfjord ....
 and Luleċ
Luleċ

Lule? , is a Cities in Sweden with a population of 57 144 in the urban area, and 73 416 including connecting suburbs. The city is located at the coast of Norrbotten in northern Sweden....
 and to the steelmill at Luleċ (SSAB
SSAB

SSAB Swedish Steel AB , or simply SSAB is a Sweden company, formed in 1978 and specialised in processing raw material to steel. Industriv?rden is the largest shareholder....
).

The iron ore products are mainly sold to European steelmills. Other important markets are North Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Industrial minerals are sold mainly in Europe, but also in Asia and the USA.

LKAB has more than 3,800 employees, of which more than 600 are outside of Sweden. There are iron ore mines, processing plants and ore harbors in northern Sweden and Norway, sales office in Belgium, Germany and Singapore. LKAB has subsidiaries for industrial minerals with processing plants in Sweden, Finland, Greenland, the UK, the Netherlands, Greece, Turkey and China. Additional subsidiaries are in Germany, the USA and Hong Kong as well as representative offices in Slovakia and Thailand.

LKAB’s chief assets are the magnetite ore of the Orefields of northern Sweden. LKAB is owned by the Swedish Government. LKAB's corporate headquarters are in Luleċ and the main production sites are in Kiruna
Kiruna Municipality

Kiruna Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in Kiruna.Kiruna Municipality is the northernmost municipality in Sweden, and at about 20,000 km? is Sweden's geographically largest, being as large as the combined area of Sweden's three southernmost provinces of Sweden Scani...
 and Malmberget
Malmberget

Malmberget is a mining town in G?llivare Municipality, Norrbotten County, northern Sweden . It has 5,600 inhabitants. It is situated 5 km from the municipal seat G?llivare....
, close to Gällivare
Gällivare

G?llivare is a town in Lapland, Sweden and the seat of G?llivare Municipality, Norrbotten County. Together with nearby towns Malmberget and Koskullskulle it forms a conurbation with nearly 16,000 inhabitants....
. The ore is partially processed on site, and is transported by freight train on Malmbanan
Malmbanan

Malmbanan, "the ore rail", is a railway line between Lule?, Sweden, and Narvik, Norway. The part of the line that is on Norwegian territory between Narvik and Riksgr?nsen is called Ofotbanen....
 to either Narvik
Narvik

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. Narvik is located on the shores of the Ofotfjord ....
 or Luleċ
Luleċ

Lule? , is a Cities in Sweden with a population of 57 144 in the urban area, and 73 416 including connecting suburbs. The city is located at the coast of Norrbotten in northern Sweden....
 depending on final destination.