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Mines in Norrbotten receive strategic status

Talga's graphite project, with a mine in Vittangi and an anode materials factory in Luleå, has been granted strategic project status by the EU. The same applies to three of LKAB's projects: the new Per Geijer mine in Kiruna, new processes in the Malmberg mine and the industrial park in Luleå.

Jan Moström is retiring

The CEO of the state-owned mining group LKAB, Jan Moström, will retire next year. The Board is now starting the recruitment of a successor.

LKAB reports larger Mineral Resources

Kiruna

LKAB reports larger Mineral Resources and significant increase in Rare Earth Oxides.

Norrlandsfonden receives SEK 300 million in new funding

Luleå

The Swedish Government has now given the go-ahead for Norrlandsfonden to receive a further SEK 300 million to continue working on supplementary financing when new rental housing is built in growth and transition municipalities.

Arve Jensen to NYAB's Group Management

Luleå

Arve Jensen is a new member of NYAB's Group Management

SSAB reduces Group Management

The Swedish steel company SSAB is reducing its executive management from eleven to nine people. Three leave and Carl Orrling becomes a new member of the Executive Committee.

Three farmers in the north receive gold medals

Luleå

Three dairy farmers in the north are receiving gold medals from the King of Sweden.

NYAB signs agreement on Norrbotniabanan

Luleå

The Swedish-Finnish company NYAB, based in Luleå, has signed a contract with the Swedish Transport Administration to build the first section of the Norrbotniabanan, the future coastal railway between Umeå and Luleå. The order value is SEK 144 million.

ESL and SSAB extend cooperation

Luleå

ESL Shipping and global steel manufacturer SSAB have agreed on a multi-year extension of the agreement covering SSAB’s inbound raw material sea transports within the Baltic Sea and from the North Sea.