Sweden's LKAB restarts Kiruna iron ore mine after earthquake

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London—Swedish miner LKAB has restarted iron ore mining at its biggest complex in Kiruna following an earthquake a week earlier. LKAB resumed output at Kiruna last week after initial checks and is increasing mining to over 50% of capacity to 50,000 mt of raw ore a day, the Lulea-based company's spokesman said.Kiruna’s capacity is around 85,000 mt/day of mined ore, and production is expected to rise further toward capacity, he said. Kiruna produced 26.9 million mt of crude ore in 2019, with Malmberget’s output at 15.5 million mt and Svappavaara mining 5.1 million mt, according to its annual report.