Gold medal for sustainability awarded to LKAB Minerals "We are honoured to receive EcoVadis gold medal as confirmation of high standards and practices for sustainable business, from an economic, environmental, and social perspective," says Anders Lundgren Chief Operating Officer, LKAB Minerals.
The aim of the seminar was to provide real examples and inspire others to cooperation projects like the one between LKAB, ABB, Epiroc, Combitech and the Volvo Group – a project to create the mine of the future together, which is carbon-free, digitalised and autonomous. Zwei Jahre vor der Gründung der LKAB fuhr der erste Erzzug aus dem Malmberget in Gällivare nach Luleå zum neu errichteten Erzhafen Svartön. Furthermore it is a clear expectation from our owner, the Swedish state. We look forward to partnering with LKAB, Epiroc, Combitech and AB Volvo and contributing our knowledge of automation and electrification of underground mines and services. Test mine and virtual test mine Technology is being developed and tested in a real mining environment as well as in a virtual test mine. It gives us a social development out of the ordinary. LKAB Minerals is active in the industrial minerals industry through our own mining operations, as well as processing and trading of sourced minerals. Geschichte. The project Sustainable Underground Mining is a cooperation between the five Swedish industry groups LKAB, Volvo Group, ABB, Epiroc and Combitech and has a … Sustainability is core to our business and our ambition is to be one of the industry’s most innovative, resource-efficient and responsible companies. Test bed project: Sustainable Underground Mining The test bed project is called SUM (Sustainable Underground Mining) and will be located in LKAB’s underground mines in Kiruna and Malmberget, Sweden, as well as in a virtual mine.
This is where Sweden’s most important export company LKAB, conducts its operations. The Sustainable Underground Mining (SUM) project is LKAB’s move to develop the mining methods of the future, allowing it access even deeper iron ore deposits at in Kiruna and Malmberget from 2030 and beyond. Growth, Sustainability and Innovation LKAB is divided in three divisions, two iron ore divisions that represent the majority of the business and has been in operation since 1890. LKAB is an international high-tech mining and minerals group that mines and upgrades the unique iron ore of northern Sweden for the global steel market. During the UN summit in Madrid, COP25, there was a panel debate on Sustainable Underground Mining, SUM.
Furthermore it is a clear expectation from our owner, the Swedish state. The third division, the Special Products Division consists of businesses that either develop and supply products and services to LKAB to increase competitiveness or to create value in other markets. Sustainable …