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Svappavaara (Leveaniemi) Mine

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 Location:
2 km W from Svappavaara, Sweden

  Address:
LKAB Svappavaara
Kiruna
Sweden
SE-981 86
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Iron Ore
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start...
Mine Life2035
Svappavaara Mine has three deposits for which Mineral Resources have been estimated, namely at Leveäniemi, Gruvberget and Mertainen. Mining is planned from the Leveäniemi pit only.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB) 100 % Indirect
LKAB is a limited liability company wholly owned by the Swedish state. The Iron Ore business operations include mines and processing plants in Kiruna, Svappavaara and Malmberget in Gällivare.

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Deposit Type

  • Kiruna-type


Summary:

Svappavaara comprises three deposits: Leveäniemi, Gruvberget, and Mertainen. Leveäniemi is the only pit in operation where mining re-commenced in 2014. Deposit Geology Leveäniemi Porphyrite-group felsic to mafic meta-volcanics dominate in the Leveäniemi area. The volcanic host rocks in the hanging wall, historically referred to as leptites, are trachyandesite in character (Hobler 2013) and consist mainly of various amounts of biotite, feldspar, amphibole, quartz and plagioclase. The trachyandesites are generally massive in appearance but, depending on the amount of biotite, they can be granoblastic, ranging from locally weakly to moderately foliated. The footwall is made up of a highly deformed schist, with biotite, and locally sericite, as the dominant mineral. This schist is generally moderate to strongly foliated. Lithogeochemical work suggests that the footwall schistose rocks originate from the same rock type as the relatively undeformed trachyandesite rocks in the hanging wall. In the footwall of the deposit carbonate skarn units appear. This unit is a package of Mg rich carbonates and volcanoclastic rocks which have been strongly Ca altered. The magnetite mineralization occurs as veins/breccias in the trachyandesites and biotite schist and is related to extensive pervasive alterations including Na-feldspar, anthophyllite, biotite and scapolite. The whole formation is cut by numerous younger non-mineralized mafic dykes trending northsouth with varying dip directions ........


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

Svappavaara comprises three deposits: Leveäniemi, Gruvberget, and Mertainen. Leveäniemi is the only pit in operation. Open pit mining occurred at Gruvberget from 2010 to 2018. The Mertainen mine is currently on care and maintenance.

Mining is planned from the Leveäniemi pit only. Excavation is by conventional open pit mining methods using drill and blast, and truck and shovel equipment. Production is scheduled at an annual production rate of 7.4 Mt/y for the first 12 years. Total material movement is 159 Mt with maximum rates of around 14 Mt/y for the next eight years.

Leveäniemi is an open pit mining operation with recent historical annual ore production targets of around 7.4 Mt/y of run of mine (ROM). The mineral mined is magnetite and mining is by conventional drill and blast mining methods for open pit. Budgeted annual production is around 14 Mt total material movement, comprising 8 Mt ore (COG 20% Fe) and approximately 6 Mt waste delivering around 7.2 Mt crusher feed at 44% Fe.

The current Life of Mine Plan (LOMP) incorporates Mineral Reserves estimated as 97 Mt ore (reference point is the sorting plant), which requires removal of 62.5 Mt waste. The LOM is estimated as 13 years with the pit expected to be depleted in 2035. Average iron grade based on the LOMP is approximately 45.4% Fe and stripping ratio is 1.52.

Ore stockpiles are used to separate different ore grades, from which a blend of ore with a consistent ROM grade is ........


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Production:

CommodityUnits2022202120202019201820172016
Iron Ore Mt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required*  ......  Subscription required2.53.23.5
All production numbers are expressed as pellets & fines. * Combined production for Kiruna Mine, Malmberget Mine and Svappavaara (Leveaniemi) Mine
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202220212020201920182017
Stripping / waste ratio  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required1.03
Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required6,800 kt5.1 Mt8.4 Mt7 Mt
Waste  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required7,020 kt
Tonnes processed  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required5,050 kt5,010 kt4,500 kt3,323 kt
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Reserves at December 31, 2022:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGrade
Proven 89 Mt Iron 47.1 %
Probable 8 Mt Iron 27.2 %
Proven & Probable 97 Mt Iron 45.4 %
Measured 81 Mt Iron 44 %
Indicated 44 Mt Iron 44.6 %
Inferred 10 Mt Iron 31.5 %
Total Resource 135 Mt Iron 43.2 %


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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of December 31, 2022:
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Truck (haul) 100 t
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Mine Management:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Annual Report 2022
Annual Result 2022
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Annual Report 2018
Fact Sheet 2018
Project Description 2018
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