LKAB Kiruna closes after earthquake

The company said in a translated statement that 13 people underground had been evacuated and that the mine north of the Arctic Circle was closed.

“The damage assessment is ongoing and it is estimated that the damage is severe,” LKAB said yesterday.

She said that “a large area is still seismically active” and that no inspections will be conducted in that area until today.

In an update last night, the company said it was uncertain when production could resume.

The Earth Sciences Department at Uppsala University said the earthquake in the Kiruna mine was measured to a degree of 4.1 “which is the largest earthquake effectively recorded in Sweden,” but he said the magnitude of the earthquake was just lower than the earthquake that struck in 2008.

LKAB last reported a seismic event in Kiruna on April 19, saying its initial size was 1.77 according to the local scale.

Kiruna ore is extracted at a depth of more than 1,000 meters and the company said in its 2019 annual report that seismic events that arose as a result of mining could affect rock stability.

It said in the report that it will continue to work to strengthen rocks and prevent seismic activity.

Kiruna is the largest LKAB mine and produced 14.7 million tons of finished products in 2019, compared to 9.6 million tons of Malmberget and 3 million tons in Svappavaara.

Kiruna municipality announced plans in 2004 to move the city 3 kilometers to the east to enable the mine beneath it to continue operating.

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