European authorities are trying to make sure they don’t get left empty handed in the new ‘green’ mineral rush. But are these policies simply ways to export harms to the Global South? Juliet Ferguson of Investigate Europe takes a look.
Built on a land rich in minerals, Kiruna, in the far north of Sweden, was constructed in the late 19th century to house the workers of an iron-ore mine.
Since then so much ore has been extracted that the town is at risk of sinking into the hollowed-out land. Its most important buildings are being moved – one by one – to a new location, courtesy of mining company LKAB.
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