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The HYBRIT initiative and the upcoming demonstration plant in Gällivare were in the spotlight at this year's Hydrogen Conference What started as two separate projects quickly revealed a shared challenge: transporting large components down to the mine This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page LKAB's ambition is to gradually build a stable and sustainable industrial value chain within the EU This decision underscores that our plans align with Europe's needs both for electrification and for increased self-sufficiency in strategic and critical minerals Access to these materials is crucial for future electric vehicles Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The plan in Gällivare regarding sponge iron continues as planned With insights into the new deposit Geomorphological landscape design provides LKAB with the opportunity to continuously rehabilitate affected areas and initiate work to increase biodiversity It's in Gällivare our transformation and the biggest industrial investment ever in Sweden is launching Here we're looking to develop a sustainable industry Our chances of succeeding with our plans rely on us getting environmental permits for our operations "Our application is a decisive factor for us as a company We are now in the midst of the biggest transition in LKAB’s history and there is no time to lose We have an ambitious schedule and it is critical that we and society show that we are together capable of addressing complicated issues which are often implicit in environmental permit applications while at the same time hastening the transition." This is where the hydrogen-based HYBRIT technology will be used to process our iron ore into carbon dioxide-free sponge iron which in turn can be used to produce fossil-free steel This means that water molecules are split into oxygen and hydrogen The hydrogen can be stored and converted into electricity When we change our process to start producing direct-reduced iron ore pellets which is an additive we currently don’t use in Gällivare which in turn contains phosphorus and rare earth elements the mining waste is refined into apatite concentrate by constructing an apatite plant directly connected to the iron ore processing In order to transform the operations in Gällivare we have already started preparations on the industrial areas The path to zero emissions of carbon dioxide from our processes and products goes through three focus areas: carbon dioxide-free sponge iron These are very good results which continue to support the strategic direction of the company These significant mineral assets are the result of great efforts from all our colleagues and teams working together The potential for Sweden's iron ore supply and also for the supply of critical minerals has once again improved and provides increased security for the future Swedish Energy Agency has granted 207 million kronor (€19 million) to a testbed project in Konsuln mine “The project will run till at least 2024 for developing and testing to find technical solutions for 100% electric types of machinery for underground mining,” says media spokesperson Fredrik Björkenwall with LKAB to the Barents Observer is the goal to implement full-scale fossil-free operations at all of LKAB’s underground mines in Kiruna and Malmberget The Swedish state-owned mining company produced more than 27 million tons of iron ore in 2019 making it the largest supplier in Europe and also the largest ore producer inside the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia The goal is to scale up the uses of electrical vehicles in the underground mines but also to develop autonomous mining technologies The testbed mining takes place at about 500 meters below the surface “Exactly when we will reach the goal of carbon-free underground mining is not yet completely determined but sometime around 2030,” explains Fredrik Börkenwall He tells that LKAB has some electric trucks and all the rail-transport from the main underground level is fully electric “Most of our other machinery drive on diesel when being moved between the different workspaces and shift over to electric when at the locations of work.” The project Sustainable Underground Mining is a cooperation between the five Swedish industry groups LKAB Epiroc and Combitech and has a total estimated cost of 1,1 billion kronor (€100 million) LKAB is also a partner in the first-ever test-factory for fossil steel production currently under construction in Luleå in northern Sweden As previously reported by the Barents Observer the test-productions will be up and running later this year the aim is full industrial production by 2035 If successful with both zero-emission iron ore mining and steel productions without any carbon emissions the projects could reduce Sweden’s CO2 emissions by 10 percent Published by: The Independent Barents Observer AS About us The Barents Observer follows the Code of Ethics of the Norwegian Press and the document Right and Duties of the Editor We report under full editorial independence and have no external interference Donate to our independent journalism Støtt oss via Vipps: 105 792 - Det betyr mye newstips@thebarentsobserver.com atle@thebarentsobserver.com thomas@thebarentsobserver.com☏ +47-905 73 143 denis@thebarentsobserver.com georgii@thebarentsobserver.com liza.vereykina@thebarentsobserver.com olesia@thebarentsobserver.com Privacy policy “A crack in the wall and bricks that had loosened over the windows,” he tells Swedish Radio The inhabitants of both Kiruna and Malmberget are slowly being moved to new sites because of the generations-long mining process that threatens the towns But of the 72 families who have reported mining-related damage to their homes not one has received direct compensation from the mining company says their experts do not think the damage can be linked to the mining work But in 10 cases the reports of damage have led to LKAB buying up the properties early Eventually as many as 10,000 town residents could be moved to new homes.At the Swedish Home Owners’ Association Ulf Stenberg says people should photograph their properties over time to be able to prove how these looked previously This story is posted on Independent Barents Observer as part of Eye on the Arctic a collaborative partnership between public and private circumpolar media organizations LKAB's Malmberget (ore mountain) iron ore mine LKAB’s Malmberget (ore mountain) iron ore mine contains 20 orebodies spread over an underground area of about 5 by 2.5km of which 10 orebodies are currently being mined Mining began in 1892 and since then over 350Mt of ore have been won LKAB employs around 1,000 people at Malmberget Malmberget produced around 4.3Mt of pellets out of LKAB’s total production of 17.7Mt of iron-ore products Malmberget’s ores are hosted in Precambrian volcanic rocks that have largely been metamorphosed to gneisses the entire deposit complex has been strongly folded and now consists of a number of ore sheets that may have originally been connected Most orebodies lie within the 6.5km-long main ore zone Magnetite is the principal iron ore mineral although some areas contain significant amounts of haematite Apatite contents vary considerably from orebody to orebody with the average phosphorus content lower than 0.8% Malmerbeget’s proven and probable iron reserves totalled 350Mt at 43.8% (proven) and 37.8% (probable) indicated and inferred resources were 73Mt with the orebodies remaining open at depth mining at Malmberget is conducted at different levels remote-controlled drilling and loading equipment is used Wassara water-hydraulic in-hole hammers and Atlas Copco Simba 469W production jumbos are used the ore being handled by 25t-capacity Bison electric-drive wheel loaders Broken ore is trammed to orepasses that run from the production sublevels to the haulage level the ore is transported by 120t-capacity Sisu Mammut (mammoth) trucks to the underground crusher stations Vehicle haulage is used in preference to a rail system to give better control over the blending of ore from each of the seven operating areas the ore is skip hoisted to surface for processing the Mammut truck bodies are constructed from SSAB Oxelosund’s special wear-resistant steel The Bison loader buckets are also made of Hardox 400 All of the ore mined at Malmberget is crushed and screened and is then upgraded using magnetic separation technology Concentrator output is then processed to give sinter fines olivine pellets or concentrate for iron powder production LKAB announced a $350m investment in a third pelletising plant for Malmberget Designed and built by Outokumpu Technology the new MK3 plant includes a BUV sinter unit Metso Minerals’ balling drums and filters The attached concentrator includes Outukumpu mills MK3 has increased Malmberget’s pellet capacity by 2.5Mt/y with the potential to increase this by a further 1.5Mt/y in the future Output from the plant is used to supply domestic markets releasing pelletising capacity at Kiruna for exports The SSAB steel plant in Lulea takes one-third of the mine’s production with other main customers being SSAB Oxelosund and various Finnish steel mills The completion of the KK4 pelletising plant at Kiruna in June 2008 resulted in Malmberget becoming LKAB’s sole producer of iron-ore fines The first mine hoist was delivered by ABB in November 2007 LKAB awarded ABB a contract for the second mine hoist The hoist will be installed at the new haulage level M1250 that is under construction as of April 2011 The first and second mine hoists will be used to transport the ore from the M1250 level The second mine hoist is expected to begin operations in 2013 Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network Malmberget in the far north is the site of a centuries old iron ore mine and officials at the mining company LKAB say the sinkhole was likely to appear at some point in time Though they added it arrived earlier than expected Hear LKAB’s spokesman Anders Lindberg explain what caused the opening and how the company is handling it Canada: Moody’s downgrades rating on $550M bond owed by Northern Canada mines owner Finland: Mining companies to pay higher deposits for environmental damage in Finland Greenland: Greenland issues new exploration, prospecting licences to Anglo American Norway: Minister downplays environmental impact of planned mine in Arctic Norway Russia: Moscow supports Vostok Coal’s expansion into protected Arctic tundra Sweden: Mining company LKAB won’t pay for earthquake damage to homes in Arctic Sweden United States: Fight over contested Alaska mine project aired at US House hearing For more news from Sweden visit Radio Sweden and website in this browser for the next time I comment IMR researchers have found a wreck off Bodø that they assume must be DS Malmberget we may be close to solving the mystery of this ship which disappeared in a storm with 43 people on board.  “We expected to find a coral reef” On Saturday, 22 May, the research vessel G.O. Sars was in waters west of Tennholmen lighthouse in Bodø, performing a video survey of the sea floor for the MAREANO programme.  But what appeared on their screens wasn’t coral.  “Instead we found the wreck of a steel-hulled ship that was 100 metres long” The fate of the Swedish iron ore carrier DS Malmberget, which sailed from the port of Narvik on 27 November 1913, has been a riddle for historians for over a century, writes NRK.  Now the marine scientists may have solved it.  and the large coral reefs on the hull suggest it has been there for a long time.  “There are two species of coral growing on the hull and their size indicates that the ship went down many years ago” “We also found a lantern of a type used long ago we got the final evidence on camera - the two first letters of it's name Visiting addresses Privacy Policy Copyright © 2025 Institute of Marine Research LKAB is the organizer of the Massmin conference together with Luleå University of Technology Attractive communities are important to us each year we award grants to associations and .. LKAB has responded on the upcoming European Union Critical Raw Materials Act and detailed what is needed to make a .. not least reflected in our locations around the world Caverion Corporation Article 8 February 2019 at 10.00 a.m World’s largest urban transformation – The whole community will be relocated in Sweden Around 6,000 people will be relocating together with many public and commercial spaces when LKAB needs more land for mining iron ore What is less known is that the whole community of Malmberget mainly to the nearby town of Gällivare   Both Kiruna and Malmberget have grown next to large ore deposits which calls for a relocation of gigantic dimensions the preparing infrastructure work has been going on for many years – new roads have been built and the railroad has been moved but it is only this year that the first houses are moved and the transformation of the city becomes more visible "There the urban transformation has been going on for over 50 years It began with the relocation of the church in the 1970s But now the continuation of the underground mining requires that the whole community is shut down and relocated to the nearby Gällivare which will be densified and rebuilt," says Erika Lindblad The relocation from Malmberget to Gällivare is estimated to be completed in 2032 Around 3,200 persons and approximately 74,000 square metres of public premises will be moving to new addresses it is not all just about demolishing and rebuilding Around 30 of LKAB's cultural heritage buildings in Malmberget will be preserved and relocated to the nearby Koskullskulle These over 100-year-old heritage buildings are built solid usually from timber and with rich carpentry The houses will be lifted up and transported on a trailer to their new home seven kilometres away 25 of the 30 houses have been placed on new land The company has also renovated details on the sheet metal roof "It takes a bit of extra work to renovate the HVAC system in old heritage buildings But it's fun to be part of making the beautiful houses inhabitable again," says Erik Karlsson Regional Manager of Caverion Malmfälten Erik lives in Gällivare and sees how the relocation of Malmberget affects the community on a daily basis are being built everywhere."Caverion and everybody who lives here are part of a unique and exciting project that affects the whole population It's not every day that entire communities are moved or that a community of Gällivare's size is simultaneously building a new secondary school a sports hall and a preschool," says Erik Karlsson around 5000 homes and 700,000 square metres of housing and business premises will be replaced in both localities This means that some 10,000 people – roughly a quarter of Malmfälten's population – will need to move The urban transformations are estimated to continue at least until 2035 when the current main levels will have been extracted the relocations will continue even further Erika Björnesparr Head of Marketing and Communications, Caverion Sweden erika.a.bjornesparr@caverion.com +46 730 509285 Caverion provides smart technical solutions and services for buildings Our unique service offering covers the entire life cycle: design Our vision is to be the first choice in digitalising environments for customers partners and investors. Our revenue in 2018 was approximately EUR 2.2 billion Caverion has about 15,000 employees in 11 countries in Northern Caverion’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki