- Sweden's historic Kiruna Church, a 600-ton, 113-year-old wooden structure, is being relocated 5km to a new city centre.
- The move is necessitated by ground subsidence caused by the expansion of the world's largest underground iron ore mine, operated by LKAB.
- This undertaking is part of a broader 30-year initiative to relocate thousands of residents and buildings in the Lapland city of Kiruna.
- The mining expansion significantly impacts the indigenous Sami community, threatening their traditional reindeer herding lands and way of life.
- LKAB's operations are vital for Europe's iron ore supply, and a planned new mine, Per Geijer, holds significant rare earth element deposits, designated an EU Strategic Project.
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