Malmberget

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Malmberget is a major iron ore mining town in northern Sweden known for its extensive underground operations and associated subsidence issues.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Malmberget mine 4
Malmberget canonical 2

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf locality
mining town
administrativeDivision Gällivare Municipality
climate subarctic climate
country Sweden
countrySubdivision Kingdom of Sweden
distanceToGällivare_km approximately 5
economicBase mining industry
hasConsequenceOfMining closure of parts of the town
demolition of buildings
relocation of residents
hasEnvironmentalImpact groundwater changes
landscape alteration
hasHistoricalActivity iron ore mining since late 19th century
hasIssue building damage due to subsidence
ground deformation
hasMiningCompany LKAB
hasTransportConnection Malmbanan railway line
knownFor extensive underground mining operations
iron ore mining
land subsidence issues
languageMajority Swedish
locatedIn Gällivare Municipality
Norrbotten County
locatedInPartOfCountry northern Sweden
locatedInRegion Lapland
linked to: Lapland, Sweden
locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
miningMethod underground mining
near Gällivare
operatedBy LKAB
oreType magnetite
partOf Malmberget mine
linked to: Malmberget
primaryResource iron ore
railwayUsedFor iron ore transport
region Norrbotten
linked to: Norrbotten County
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
urbanType company town

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gällivare hasMiningArea Malmberget
Iron Ore Line connectsMine Malmberget mine
linked to: Malmberget
LKAB operatesIn Malmberget
LKAB majorMine Malmberget mine
linked to: Malmberget
Malmberget partOf Malmberget mine
linked to: Malmberget
Malmbanan servesMine Malmberget mine
linked to: Malmberget