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Mining forces entire Swedish city to move 3 km

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 05, 2013 | 3:04 pm Europe Iron Ore 

The entire Swedish city of Kiruna is facing the odd challenge of having to migrate about three kilometers east after fissures created by iron-ore mining weakened the earth beneath it. About 18,000 residents of Sweden's far north town have started...

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