Swedish-based
iron ore producer LKAB has announced that it has obtained permission for test
mining of 600,000 mt at its Leveäniemi
iron ore deposit.
Leveäniemi is one of three
iron ore mines that LKAB plans to commission by 2015. The miner expects to increase its overall production capacity by 35 percent to 37-40 million mt of
iron ore per year.