my train is pulling out of the station, through more of the mining area, so I'll just leave you with these pictures.I kind of. don't have a satisfying ending here? This place is fascinating, and the story of it, the mine, the region, and the rail line are far more intertwined than it might at first seem, and there's all sorts of good and bad to it. Like it or not, this is what EU resource independence looks like - they're actually going to be mining rare earths here as well in future, supposedly, and they're attempting to be more sustainable in using hydrogen for the further processing of the iron - but at the same time, there is massive disruption to the direct environment, and this state owned company is doing massively capitalist things, and while the rail line might be state owned in practice the two states involved will perform and at least partially pay for any upgrade LKAB demands. And yet.
