Stein Tore is Chief Operation Officer at Rana Gruber, a Norwegian iron ore producer and supplier established in 1964, with operations based on more than 200 years of mining experience. He earned a Master of Science from Umeå University and has a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Umeå University. In addition to holding the COO role at Rana Gruber, he has also held the positions of Plant Manager and Production Manager. This comes on top of experience at Department Manager at Molab AS for six years and as CEO of Glør AS for one year.