Zinkgruvan Lead and Silver Mine, Sweden
Key Data:
Producer of
Zinc, lead
Location
Near Åkersund, central Sweden
Ownership
Lundin Mining Corp. (100%)
Geology type
Late Precambrian intrusives
Mineral type
Sphalerite, galena
Reserve base
8.2Mt proven and probable (2005)
Annual production
803,883t ore (2005), 69,981t Zn, 36,674t Pb (2005)
Mining method
Cut-and-fill and drift-and-bench stoping
Processing method
Crushing, grinding, flotation to produce zinc and lead concentrates, dewatering
Employment
300
Key Equipment:
Underground
Kiruna electric trucks
Concentrator
Svedala RCS flotation cells
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