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In the beginning, surface mining was used, but the mine has been mined with the sublevel caving mining method since the 1960s. In 1985 reserves for the Kiruna Mine were 1,800 million tonnes grading 60–65% iron and 0.2% phosphorus. [26] [1] As of 2018 the Kiruna Mine had Proven and Probable Reserves of 683 million tonnes grading 43.8% iron. [27]
Kiruna is located in the north of Sweden, 145 kilometres (90 mi) north of the Arctic Circle. The city centre is built on the Haukavaara hill at an altitude of 530 m, high above the Torne river to the north and the Kalix River to the south. Other parts of the town are Lombolo and Tuolluvaara. Near Kiruna are the mountains Kiirunavaara and ...
While security manager Frigga is a fictional character, the sinking town of Kiruna in Sweden is very real. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
SF Studios (“A Man Called Otto”) is set to produce and distribute “The Abyss,” a female-driven Swedish disaster film directed by Richard Holm (“Johan Falk”) and chronicling the tragic ...
A defused mine was lifted on board one of the boats, but had not noticed that a second mine was hanging on. [49] Explosion: Västervik: 10: 6 May 1918: Ten men were killed in a naval mine blast at the glass factory in Västervik after a fisherman found the mine floating in the water 400–500 meters outside Cape Gränsö and brought it to shore ...
July 2, 2020: At least 174 people were killed in a landslide in the 2020 Hpakant jade mine disaster in the Hpakant area in Myanmar. [96] December 1, 2020: At least 18 people were killed by a carbon monoxide leak in the Diaoshuidong mine disaster in Chongqing in China. [97] November 25, 2021: Listvyazhnaya mine disaster in Kemerovo Oblast ...
This week's coal mine disaster in West Virginia brings with it grim but familiar images and headlines, a new chapter in American coal mining's sometimes tragic legacy. The accident also reminds us ...
Sweden, Lapland, 3 km south southeast of Kiruna: 4.9 1.0 VII It was the most powerful earthquake to hit Sweden in 12 years. It caused some rockslides in Kiruna mine, which had to be evacuated. [137] - - 18 [138] China, Yunnan, 42 km west of Zhaotong: 5.1 10.0 VI