Cases / Mining · Sweden · 2025
LKAB rare earth plan in Sweden would split Sámi reindeer pasture, herders say
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No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Sámi reindeer herders say LKAB's Per Geijer rare earth project will divide their pasture in two, and the company says permitting could take about 10 years. At stake is the reindeer pasture the Per Geijer plan would divide.
What?
Sámi reindeer herders say LKAB's planned Per Geijer rare earth project will split their pasture in two. The Local
Where?
Per Geijer project area, Sweden. The Local
When?
Reported on 8 September 2025. The Local
Who?
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
The company said the permit process could take about 10 years, The Local reported. The Local
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
The Local reported that Sámi reindeer herders say LKAB's Per Geijer rare earth project will divide their grazing pasture in two.
The Local reported that the company said the permit process could take about 10 years.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give the size of the deposit or of the pasture that would be divided.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say whether a permit application has been filed.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not include an independent check of the herders' account.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- Sweden's Sami fear for future amid rare earth mining plansThe Local · 2025-09-08