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Kiruna

American

[kee-ry-nah] / ˈki rü nɑ /

noun

a city in N Sweden: important iron-mining center.

Kiruna British

/ ˈkiːruna /

noun

a town in N Sweden: iron-mining centre. Pop: 23 273 (2004 est)

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Kiruna

Sweden has known rare earth mineral deposits in Kiruna, Bergslagen and Norra Kärr outside Gränna.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

“We are ready to make new sacrifices in Kiruna, but not at the current price.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025

Kiruna isn’t the first town to be uprooted for mining.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025

By the mid-2010s, other buildings in Kiruna were already being shifted to safer ground.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025

The largest of these deposits is at Kiruna in northern Sweden; in fact this is the largest single deposit of high-grade ore of any kind yet known in the world.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

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