Aitik
| Aitik | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
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| Mining technology | Open pit | ||
| Funding / year | 39090000 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Operating company | Boliden AB | ||
| Employees | 679 | ||
| Start of operation | 1968 | ||
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| Degradation of | Copper / silver / gold | ||
| Greatest depth | 450 m | ||
| Degradation of | silver | ||
| Degradation of | gold | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 67 ° 4 '23.2 " N , 20 ° 57' 49.7" E | ||
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| Location | Aitik | ||
| local community | Gällivare | ||
| kingdom | Kingdom of Sweden | ||
| Country | Sweden | ||
Aitik is an open-cast copper mine owned by Boliden AB, around 20 kilometers southeast of the city of Gällivare in northern Sweden . It is one of the largest European copper mines . Gold , silver and molybdenum are extracted from the ore as by-products . The open pit is 3 km long and 1.1 km wide.
The ore mining began in 1968 with a production of two million tons. Since then, mining has gradually increased to 18 million tons annually . In 2010 Aitik was expanded and the production reached 39 million tons of ore in 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual Report 2012. (pdf; 2.95 MB) (No longer available online.) New Boliden, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 30, 2013 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ History and development. (No longer available online.) New Boliden, archived from the original on April 17, 2015 ; accessed on March 30, 2013 (English).
Web links
Commons : Aitik - collection of images, videos and audio files
- New Boliden - Official Website (Swedish / English)