Dannemora, Sweden
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Dannemora is an old mining town (pop. 240) in Östhammar Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden
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Dannemora is the location of an important iron ore mine, which formed the basis of the iron industry in Uppland. It provided the raw material for about 20 finery forges that produced bar iron for export. In England, iron produced from Dannemora ore, was known as oregrounds iron, after the port town of Öregrund. It was considered the best raw material for producing blister steel by the cementation process.
In 1878 a narrow gauge (891 mm) railway was opened to the port in Hargshamn, and iron ore started to be exported directly.
The mine was closed down in 1992. With world market demand rising, the feasability of reopening the mine is being invsetigated (as of may 2008).
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