The Hunt for Metals Threatens the Reindeer's Last Route Past Kiruna: "The End of the Sami Village"

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Mining company LKAB's planned mine in Kiruna could give Europe access to rare earth metals that are considered essential for electrification and climate change. But the deposit lies under the last narrow migration route for Gabna Sameby's reindeer. “It will be the end of the reindeer industry as we know it if the mine is built,” says Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen, chairman of Gabna Sameby, in SVT's “Reindeer on the Road.”