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    For future generations

    With strong local commitment, we produce high-quality iron ore and contribute to a sustainable and future-proofed mining and steel industry.

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    Social sustainability

    We reinvest

    We want to be a driving force for local business and reinvest where we can when buying services and goods. In 2023, we reinvested approximately SEK 417 million in Pajala municipality and another SEK 836 million regionally.

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    Ecological sustainability

    We take responsibility

    Our environmental work is based on constant work to improve, with annual investments of millions of kronor to successively reduce the risks of negative environmental impact. A significant challenge along the way is to eliminate CO2 emissions from our transport division.

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    Sustainability

    Climate

    We continuously work on improving our processes and invest millions annually to minimize our negative environmental impact. One of our major challenges is to electrify our entire vehicle fleet, which is a crucial step toward eliminating carbon dioxide emissions from our transportation activities.

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    Economic sustainability

    For future generations

    We shall not be driven by short-term interests to optimise profits, but will work to lay the foundations in a long-term perspective for a functional mining industry in Pajala for future generations. To build something truly lasting for Pajala, the region and Sweden.

    How we secure for the future

    Safety

    Safety first

    We work constantly to improve the guidelines and routines that surround our day-to-day work. We also train and inform constantly, to maintain awareness of the risks that exist if we do not correctly follow the routines.

    Our safety priorities
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    The world's best mine

    Through a responsible production and high quality iron ore we work actively in the transition to a sustainable and future-proof mining and steel industry.

    185 hectares
    Wetland restored out of the goal 826

    7 tonnes
    Emissions CO2 per thousand tonnes of iron ore concentrate

    93%
    Proportion of the local population who are positive about Kaunis Iron's operations