Future underground mining at LKAB Svappavaara: potential to combine caving and stoping methods

• Published in: Caving 2022: Fifth International Conference on Block and Sublevel Caving
• Main Authors: Sormunen, Matti, Saiang, David
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Luleå tekniska universitet, Geoteknologi 2022
• Subjects: hybrid mining method; low impact environment mining; complex orebodies; Mineral and Mine Engineering; Mineral- och gruvteknik; Kiruna; Svappavaara; Gruvberget; Leveäniemi; Malmberget
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-93516; https://doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/2205_28

Two of LKAB’s Svappavaara area open pit operations, Gruvberget and Leveäniemi, nestled between Kiruna and Malmberget SLC mines, have been initially considered for transition to underground mining using SLC or block caving methods. However, any underground mining operations at the Svappavaara site wi...