![]() The tunnel is dark with a low ceiling, and it twists and turns as we descend. ![]() ![]() Now as we're getting lower, I can feel my ears popping, but we're still - we still have a long way to go till we get to the bottom. HUHTANISKA: The first time it felt - I wasn't scared, but it's an awkward feeling. Huhtaniska says there are about 25 miles worth of underground tunnels. There's quite a bit of dust in the air now. It'll be a half-hour drive down to the bottom, and it's a strange experience. She's a communications person at this state-owned iron ore mine, located in Sweden's northernmost city, Kiruna, north of the Arctic Circle. JACKIE NORTHAM, BYLINE: Ulrika Huhtaniska shifts into low gear as the pickup truck we're riding in heads deep into the LKAB mine. ULRIKA HUHTANISKA: So one of the rescue chambers are over there. NPR's international affairs correspondent Jackie Northam went to see the enormous effort Sweden is making to develop its own supply. Around the world, countries are scrambling for them. ![]() We're going to take a trip deep underground to a vast mine in Sweden holding minerals that are key in making tech products, from phones to electric cars. ![]()
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