Svartöberget has become a popular area to stay in, but now the public is encouraged to find a new outdoor area outside the enclosure as the mountain will become an active industrial area again.

All work will take place during the day and in addition to the blasting, there will be more and more construction activity of various kinds on Svartöberget in the near future.

Explosions and excavations of tunnels will last for four to five months.

The total construction time is estimated at one year and the plant will be put into operation in 2024

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall are building a rock storage facility for fossil-free hydrogen on a pilot scale in connection with HYBRIT's pilot plant for direct reduction in Luleå.