Boliden chooses automated haulage for Swedish mine
Boliden has decided to introduce an autonomous hauling system, FrontRunner, on 11 haul trucks in the Aitik open pit copper mine, just south of Gällivare in northern Sweden. The investment is for a total of $31.7 million and will be fully implemented during 2024. While the production rate in Boliden Aitik remains constant, the needed …
Mines
Ore body geometry determines whether mining takes place underground or in an open pit. In underground mines we reached the ore by means of ramps and drifts. ... At Aitik, we also use a tagging system that gives employees equipment status updates and facilitates maintenance work. Boliden Aitik The world's most efficient open-pit copper mine ...
How the Aitik mine was saved in three days
Boliden's Aitik Mine outside Gällivare is not just the biggest opencast copper mine in Sweden, it is also the world's most productive. Extraction of copper, silver and gold …
Peak Performance
With aging projects a fast-growing problem for top copper miners, enhancing productivity and increasing efficiency are real challenges. International Copper Association (ICA) members are pioneering strategies to extract this prized ore the world over. Boliden Group's Aitik copper mine in Sweden, founded in 1968 and located approximately 100 km north…
Boliden expects lower Q4 production at Sweden's largest copper mine …
Swedish mining and metals group Boliden reported that throughput at its Aitik copper mine in Q4 2023 is expected to be lower than planned due to a maintenance shutdown at one of the mills and unfavorable weather conditions.
Boliden warns of lower Q4 copper ore throughput at Aitik mine
Swedish mining group Boliden on Wednesday said throughput of copper ore in one of the mills at its Aitik mine would be lower than expected in the fourth quarter due to an unplanned maintenance ...
Major Mines & Projects | Aitik Mine
2048. Aitik is the world's most productive open-pit copper mine. Aitik is mined as an open pit complex consisting of the main pit, "Aitik", and two satellite pits "Salmijärvi", which …
Aitik Archives
To help increase productivity, efficiency, and safety at its Aitik copper mine, in Sweden, Boliden has looked to leverage advances in autonomous drilling. The mine has plans to raise production at the open-pit copper mine to 45 Mt/y this year, from 36 Mt/y previously.
Ericsson private LTE network playing a key role
In a recent blog post, Ericsson's Filip Mestanov, Industry & Ecosystem Manager, Mining and Kirstin Sym-Smith, Director of Business Development, Mining Industry, Ericsson North America review the telecomms major's role in the autonomous truck project at Boliden's Aitik copper mine in Sweden, where a fleet of 930-5 …
and Boliden set new production record in Aitik copper mine
Swedish mining company Boliden has set a new production record at its Aitik copper mine. On July 14, 2013, 144,912 tons of ore passed through the plant, and thanks to a steadily increasing average ...
Boliden doubles ore production at Aitik and creates one of …
Boliden's Board of Directors approved today an investment of SEK 5.2 billion in expanding operations at the Aitik copper mine outside Gällivare. The investment will …
How the Aitik mine was saved in three days
Boliden's Aitik Mine outside Gällivare is not just the biggest opencast copper mine in Sweden, it is also the world's most productive. Extraction of copper, silver and gold delivered sales ...
Boliden to spend $530m on improving Aitik mine's tailings …
Boliden said on Monday it would spend 5 billion Swedish crowns ($530 million) over the next two years on works on the tailings dam at its Aitik copper mine in northern Sweden.
Boliden Aitik Copper Mine: Where Sustainability Thrives
The Boliden Aitik Copper Mine is 3 km long, 1.1 km wide and 450 meters deep and lies just south of Gällivare. Ore containing copper, gold, and silver is mined around the clock from chalcopyrite. The work at Aitik is done by some of the biggest machines in the world.
Boliden plans $530m investment on Aitik mine's tailings dam
Boliden plans to invest $530m (Skr5bn) on tailings dam works at its Aitik copper mine in northern Sweden, over the next two years.
Show Mines of Sweden: Aitiks Koppargruva
The Gruvtur (Mine Tour) starts at the open air museum town Kåkstan in Malmberget and then visits the open-cast mine at Aitik. Kåkstan was built in 1888, in the early years wages were high and housing rare. Aitik Mine is a copper and gold mine, producing two tons of gold per year. It is the largest gold mine of Sweden and the largest operating ...
Gällivare | Inlandsbanan
The open pit mine Aitik opened in 1968 and is one of Europe's largest copper mine today. In addition to copper the deposit consist of silver and gold. In Aitik you will find some of the largest machines in the world. Rock trucks that weigh 570 tons when fully loaded and the wheels alone are four meters in diameter. LKAB began the industrial ...
Mine Planning and Equipment Selection
This edited volume includes all papers presented at the 22nd International Conference on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection (MPES), Dresden, Germany, 2013. Mineral Resources are needed for almost all processes of modern life, whilst the mining industry is facing strict requirements regarding efficiency and sustainability.
Boliden Aitik copper mine in Sweden increases productivity …
The mine is also unique in that nearly as many women operate the huge, powerful mining machines as men do, making Boliden Aitik the most gender-neutral mine in the world. Custom solution wanted As a key priority to develop profitability, Boliden Aitik decided to raise efficiency and productivity by setting a new production goal of 45 million ...
ABB launches campaign to accelerate digitalization across
ABB is currently working with fellow global technology companies to integrate the likes of Gen AI capabilities into the ABB Ability suite of industrial software.
Boliden doubles ore production at Aitik and creates one of …
Aitik is already high on the list of the world's most productive copper mines, with 43 tonnes/man hour in comparison with a global average of 15 tonnes/man hour. The expansion will increase the mine's productivity to 55 tonnes/man hour, making Aitik one of the most efficient copper mines in the world.
Boliden Aitik Copper Mine: Where Sustainability Thrives
The Boliden Aitik Copper Mine is 3 km long, 1.1 km wide and 450 meters deep and lies just south of Gällivare. Ore containing copper, gold, and silver is mined around the clock …
Telia to make Boliden's Aitik open pit copper mine 5G …
Telia in Sweden says it will build and manage a dedicated local 5G-ready mobile network for mining company Boliden at Aitik, one of the world's most efficient open-pit copper mines, located in the north of Sweden. Over time, the new mobile network will be used to monitor and control machines in mining operations.
Alimak lifting Boliden's Aitik copper mine expansion in …
As we finish off the Nordic technology and mining features for IM November, news comes from technology provider Alimak Hek, which is carrying out work for Boliden's Aitik copper mine expansion ...
Aitik Automation
Aitik is the largest open-pit copper mine in Europe and a world mining industry benchmark in mine efficiency. Output after the overhaul is set to rise from 43 t to 55 t/manhour of work, Boliden says. As a result, the company can mine even lower-grade ore, allowing it to raise the mine's productive life by 13 years to 2029.
Improving Hard Rock Fragmentation in Copper Open Pit Mine …
In 2005, Boliden conducted an optimization study on the fragmentation at its open-cast copper mine, Aitik. The method aimed at optimizing the fragmentation to maximize the bottleneck capacity. Five trial blasts were prepared based on this method.
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Epiroc Pit Vipers pass automation test at Boliden Aitik
To help increase productivity, efficiency, and safety at its Aitik copper mine, in Sweden, Boliden has looked to leverage advances in autonomous drilling. ... Boliden needed to increase production from its fleet of five Epiroc Pit Vipers at the operation, the mining OEM said. ... converting and upgrading the machine for remote …
Electric mine-truck pilot project for Aitik
Electric mine-truck pilot project for Aitik. Boliden has initiated a pilot and demonstration project for the electrification of in-pit truck transports in Aitik, Sweden's largest open pit copper mine, together with key partners in industry and academia
Major Mines & Projects | Aitik Mine
Aitik is the world's most productive open-pit copper mine. Aitik is mined as an open pit complex consisting of the main pit, "Aitik", and two satellite pits "Salmijärvi", which was mined out during 2023, and "Liikavaara", which will begin production in 2024. During the 2023 year, Aitik conducted a pilot project for self-driving ...