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- LKAB applied to expand the Kiruna iron-ore mine into the Per Geijer rare-earth deposit.
- The plan would relocate Kiruna town, whose red wooden church moved 5 km last summer.
- Sami leader Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen warned the project would cut reindeer calving grounds and spur industrialisation.
- Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch called for cutting reindeer numbers and dropping national-interest status.
- Christian Democrats pledged to protect hunting on state land amid the expansion.
