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Chairman Göran Persson in Dagens Industri: Do something about the Iron Ore Line

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Chairman Göran Persson in Dagens Industri: Do something about the Iron Ore Line

May 26, 2023
Göran Persson speaks at the LKAB Annual General Meeting in 2022. Photo: Petra Älvstrand.

In an interview with Dagens Industri's Jens Kärrman, LKAB's chairman Göran Persson demands that something be done about the Iron Ore Line. Otherwise our green transformation might be in jeopardy.

The Iron Ore Line is extremely important to the industry in our region, and thus for the whole of Sweden, and its significance will only grow over the next decade. Despite several billion SEK being allocated to the Iron Ore Line during the 2020s, including new meeting places and the replacement of tracks and switches, it will not be enough, Göran Persson tells DI:
"It is necessary for the state to take the lead in the refurbishment that must take place on the Iron Ore Line. Because it's strategically important for all these projects we are talking about. If not, we will reach a point where the deficiencies and poor capacity of the Iron Ore Line will hinder these development projects".

Göran Persson also argues that it is now time for politicians to seriously address and prioritise the issue of the Iron Ore Line:
"Someone will have to dare say that this is more important than something else, and make it a political statement. And that's what I want".

"When will they have to act?"

"Now. That's the problem. Anyone involved in this kind of thing knows that it takes time. We have major industrial projects around the corner. It doesn't match the infrastructure on the ground", concludes Persson.

Read the full article, in Swedish, on DI.se.

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Published: 2023-05-26