UN experts urge Sweden to stop planned iron-ore mine project

Teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg, who is Swedish, joined a protest against the planned mine over the weekend (PA)

Two independent UN human rights experts have called on Sweden’s government to refuse a licence to industrial backers of a planned iron-ore mine that environmentalists say would generate large amounts of toxic waste and other pollution.

The proposed project would involve British company Beowulf Mining and its Swedish subsidiary Jokkmokk Iron Mines AB.