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    The document discusses LKAB Kiruna, a Swedish mining company that mines iron ore in northern Sweden. It operates the world's largest underground iron ore mine, Kiruna, which has an ore body 4 km long and 80 m thick reaching 2 km underground. Kiruna produces 26 million tonnes of ore per year containing very pure magnetite-apatite. It uses sublevel caving mining and reinforced shotcrete with BarChip synthetic fibre.

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    The document discusses LKAB Kiruna, a Swedish mining company that mines iron ore in northern Sweden. It operates the world's largest underground iron ore mine, Kiruna, which has an ore body 4 km long and 80 m thick reaching 2 km underground. Kiruna produces 26 million tonnes of ore per year containing very pure magnetite-apatite. It uses sublevel caving mining and reinforced shotcrete with BarChip synthetic fibre.

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    MINING

    LKAB Kiruna - Sweden

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    BarChip was chosen as the


    primary ground support
    reinforcement.
    LKAB ( Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag) is a Swedish mining company.
    The company is mining iron ore in mines at Kiruna and at Malmberget in
    northern Sweden. Established in 1890, it is 100% state-owned since the
    1950s.
    With an ore body 4 km long, 80 m thick and reaching a depth of 2 km,
    LKABs Kiruna is the worlds largest, most modern underground iron ore
    mine. Kiruna has produced 950 Mt of ore, yet only one third of the original
    ore body has been extracted. The current proven reserve at the mine is 657
    Mt grading 48.5% iron, with probable reserves of 140 Mt at 46.5% iron.
    Ore is mined using sublevel caving, with sub levels spaced at 28.5 m
    vertically. With a burden of 3.0 - 3.5 m per ring, this yields around 8,500 t
    for each blast. The main haulage level at Kiruna lies at a depth of 1,045 m,
    with construction underway of a new haulage level at 1,365 m below zero
    ground level.
    Kiruna now uses fibre reinforcement in over 95% of their shotcrete
    operations. Extensive beam, EN 14488 and C 1550 panel tests were
    undertaken to determine the best option. Results showed that BarChip
    synthetic fibre significantly outperformed all competitors at both 40 mm and
    100 mm deflections, making it the only choice for Kiruna.

    QUICK facts
    Worlds largest ore body at 4 km long, 80 m thick and 2 km underground
    Worlds largest underground mine
    Production capacity of 26 Mt per year
    Ore contains very pure magnetite-apatite mix
    Current proven reserve of 657 Mt grading 48.5% iron, with probable
    reserves of 82 Mt at 46.7% iron.
    Indicated and inferred resources add a further 328 Mt plus to the inventory
    140,000 m3 of shotcrete is batched each year from a state of the art surface
    batching plant
    Eight production areas with a total of 32 ore passes between the 775 m and
    1045 m haulage levels.
    Construction will begin in 2012 of a new haulage level at 1,365 m below
    zero level
    Over 4 million cubic meters of rock will be removed to build the new haulage
    level, enough to fill 7 Ericsson Globe Arenas
    Reinforced with BarChip synthetic fibre reinforcement

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