LKAB appeals an EU decision that harms the climate
The European Commission does not want to compare LKAB's iron ore products with those of steel companies' in the emissions trading system. This benefits the producers who now cause the the largest carbon dioxide emissions. LKAB is therefore now appealing the Commission's climate-adverse decision to the European General Court.Emissions of carbon dioxide are up to ten times higher when European steel companies sinter iron ore (i.e., agglomerate fine ore into large lumps for use in blast furnaces) as compared to use to LKAB's sintered iron ore pellets. The basic function of the two products in