Topic: Malmbanan

Lack of capacity along Iron Ore Line puts hundreds of LKAB jobs at risk

LKAB, the largest iron ore producer in Europe, said that some of its facilities might close unless capacity along the Iron Ore Line, or Malmbanan, doesn’t improve significantly. “LKAB is reviewing closure in either Kiruna...Read more

11-04-2024|Comment|author: Marco Raimondi

Sweden to upgrade Iron Ore Line after derailments and NATO accession

Sweden has decided to upgrade the Iron Ore Line, or Malmbanan in Swedish. The upgrades are necessary due to two recent derailments. Moreover, the country’s NATO accession requires the rail line to function properly at...Read more

22-03-2024|Comment|author: Dennis van der Laan

Iron Ore Line to fully reopen this week after derailment

Traffic along the Iron Ore Line should fully restart on Thursday, 7 March, after a train derailed near Vassijaure, not far from the Sweden-Norway border, on 24 February. The particularity of this derailment is that...Read more

05-03-2024|1 comment|author: Marco Raimondi