Union opposes new mine in Kiruna

Sami reindeer herding villages (Sameby) and environmental organisations aren't the only ones who don't want the Australian company Kiruna Irons to open a new mine in the Ekström mountain area outside Kiruna in northern Sweden. The mining unions also oppose it. "The scope of the mining is too large and short-lived to encroach on such an important recreational area," Jan Thelin, head of the mining union Gruvtolvan, told newspaper Norrländska Socialdemokraten.