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2011-04-28

LKAB invests in the worlds most powerful LocomotivesLKAB's board decided on Wednesday April 27 toinvest in four new dual-IORE locomotives fromBombardier. The order is an important part of a large

investment in LKABs logistics of a billion Swedishkrona SEK.

The investment is strategic to LKAB's development planand increases train capacity for ore transports to 40million tons per year. Increased capacity on theMalmbanan line is essential to implement the plan forthree new mines and an increase in delivery capacity of35 % by 2015 says LKAB's CEO Lars-Eric Aaro.

LKAB currently has 13 IORE-locomotives and is nowincreasing the number to 17 locomotives. IORE-locomotives are designed for extremely heavy railtransport. LKAB's ore trains consist of 68 ore cars with acarrying capacity of 100 tons each. Each train carries

6,800 tons of iron ore and is 750 meters long. Oreshipments are transported from LKAB's mine sites inMalmberget, Svappavaara and Kiruna to LKAB's oreports in Narvik and Lule and to the SSAB site in Lule.

Background

The requirements for the locomotives are very high.The ore transports run around the clock in an extremeArctic climate with large temperature fluctuations andweather variations. The Bombardier locomotives haveproven to be reliable in this harsh climate. When thetrains in southern Sweden stood still, our ore trains werealways on schedule," said Jan Olovsson, project

manager.The four IORE locomotives will be delivered during theperiod May 2013 to March 2014.

Increased capacity

This investment provides us with a transport capacity of20 daily trains instead of the current 15 trains onMalmbanan" says Gran Heikkil, Director of MTAB,Malmtrafik in Kiruna AB, which handles the rail traffic.Klas Whlberg, President of Bombardier TransportationSweden AB, comments:Our new order from LKAB is a great success. Our customer appreciates the IORE -locomotives high performance andreliability. It is also proof of our well-established co-operation.

Energy efficientThe IORE-locomotives have a high tractive effort of 1200 kN, the world's most powerful locomotives. The power at the wheels is10 800 kW, or about 15 000 hp and the axle load is 30 tonnes on each of the 12 driving axles. The IORE-locomotives are veryenergy efficient and have a built-in energy regeneration. Using so-called asynchronous motors, kinetic energy is converted toelectric power when the locomotive brakes. The Bombardier IORE locomotives regenerate on average 25 percent of the energyconsumed during transportation. This benefits the environment and LKAB's investment in Green Pellets, the worlds smartestiron ore product.

"We are very proud to be part of LKAB's ongoing success," stated ke Wennberg, President of Bombardier Transportation'sLocomotives & Equipment Division. "The power and performance of these Bombardier locomotives are unequaled and willfurther strengthen LKAB in their strategic business development."

Final assembly of the new locomotives will take place in Kassel, Germany. The carbodies, bogies and propulsion will beproduced at Bombardiers sites in Wroclaw, Poland, and Siegen and Mannheim, Germany, respectively.

Hi res pictures on the IORE locomotives see:www.lkab.comFor additional information please contact:

LKAB Jan Olovsson, Project manager, tel +46 980 71975; mail:jan.olovsson@lkab.comBombardier Transportation Jonny Hedberg, Communications manager, tel +46 10 852 5062; mail:jonny.hedberg@se.transport.bombardier.com

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