Kiruna Iron Ore Mine, Sweden Mining Technology |
With an ore body 4kmlong, 80mthick and reaching a depth of 2km, LKABs Kiruna is the worlds largest, most modern underground iron ore mine located in northern Sweden. Since mining began at the iron ore operation more than 100 years ago, LuossavaaraKiirunavaara AB (LKAB) produced over 950Mt of ore, yet only onethird of the original ore body has been extracted.