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In 2018 the mine produced 26.9 million tonnes of iron ore. [2] The Kiruna mine has an ore body which is 4 km (2.5 mi) long, 80 metres (260 ft) to 120 metres (390 ft) thick and reaching a depth of up to 2 km (1.2 mi). Since mining began at the site in 1898, the mine has produced over 950 million tonnes of ore. [1]
Kiruna Wagon's largest order to date is the manufacture of Bottom Dumper FAMMOORR 050 for Swedish mining company LKAB which commenced in 2005. The new-generation ore wagon is built for a 30-tonne axle load and carries up to 100 tonnes, which is 25 per cent more than the previous generation wagons.
Iron ore is extracted in Kiruna and Malmberget, and brought by rail to the harbours of Luleå and Narvik. (Borders as of 1920–1940.) At the outbreak of hostilities on 3 September 1939, Britain and France having vastly more powerful naval forces at their disposal swiftly enacted a repeat of the German naval blockade used to great effect throughout the previous war.
Kiruna porphyry (Swedish: Kirunaporfyr) is a group of igneous rocks found near Kiruna in northernmost Sweden. [1] The Kiruna Porphyry formed 1,880 to 1,900 million years ago [1] [2] during the Paleoproterozoic Era in connection to the Svecofennian orogeny. [2] The iron-apatite ore mined in Kiruna, Malmberget and Svappavaara are all hosted in ...
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 ...
Marcona Mine 1,400 million tonnes iron ore; Pampa de Pongo 1,000 million tonnes 75% magnetite; Mina Justa copper-gold deposit [14] Some authors (e.g., Skirrow et al. 2004) consider the iron ore deposits of Kiruna, Sweden as being IOCG deposits. Similar styles of fault-hosted magnetite-hematite breccias with minor copper-gold mineralisation and ...
The company mines iron ore at Kiruna and at Malmberget in northern Sweden. The company was established in 1890, and has been 100% state-owned since the 1950s. The iron ore is processed to pellets and sinter fines, which are transported by Iore trains to the harbours at Narvik and Luleå and to the steel mill at Luleå .
Kiirunavaara (Northern Sami: Gironvárri, Meänkieli: Kierunavaara) is a mountain situated in Kiruna Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. It contains one of the largest and richest bodies of iron ore in the world. [1]