Kovdor (Russian: Ковдор, Finnish: Koutero) is a town and the administrative center of Kovdorsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, mostly known for its mining industry.

[2] However, by the June 28, 1967 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR Decree, Kovdor was subordinated to Apatity—a town under oblast jurisdiction which was granted this status a year before.

[2] Kovdor is located in the center of a large mineral resources field.

Kovdorsky GOK is a part of Russia's largest mineral fertilizer producer EuroChem.

[8] The area around Kovdor is rich in mica, iron ore, and vermiculite.