Fracturing in the footwall at the Kiirunavaara mine, Sweden

• Main Authors: Nilsson, Mikael, Saiang, David, Nordlund, Erling
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Luleå tekniska universitet, Geoteknologi 2014
• Subjects: Other Civil Engineering; Annan samhällsbyggnadsteknik; Kiruna; Lulea; Luossavaara; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-37434

The Kiirunavaara mine is a large scale sub level caving (SLC) mine located near the city of Kiruna in northern Sweden. It is owned and operated by LKAB (Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB). The mine produces approximately 28 million tonnes of iron ore annually. Over the last 30 years the mine has experienc...