Malmberget mine

Malmberget mine
Location
Location	Malmberget
Municipality	Lapland
Country	Sweden
Owner
Company	Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB
None	Private
Production
Products	Iron ore

The Malmberget mine (Swedish: Malmbergsgruvan) is one of the largest iron ore mines in Sweden.^[1] The mine is located in Malmberget in Norrbotten County, Lapland.^[1] The mine which is owned by Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB) has an annual production capacity of over 5 million tonnes of iron ore. The mine has reserves amounting to 350 million tonnes of ore grading 43.8% iron thus resulting 153.3 million tonnes of iron.^[1] In 2009 the mine produced 4.3 million tonnes of iron. It is one of the largest underground mines for iron ore in the world.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Malmberget Iron Ore Mine". mining-technology.com. 2010. http://www.mining-technology.com/projects/malmberget/. Retrieved 30 AUgust 2010. 
2. ^ "Malmbergsgruvan" (in Swedish). Nationalencyklopedin. http://www.ne.se/malmbergsgruvan. Retrieved 27 August 2011.