
Kiruna Iron Ore Mine, Sweden
With an ore body 4km-long, 80m-thick and reaching a depth of 2km, LKAB’s Kiruna is the world’s largest, most modern underground iron ore mine located in northern Sweden.
BASF Mining Chemicals offers an extensive range of mineral processing reagents. Our advanced chemistry coupled with leading application expertise provides you major operational, environmental and economic benefits.
PRODUCTS
ALCLAR® – a range of products specifically developed for the alumina industry. The range includes flocculants for use in decanters, washers and hydrate thickening, crystal growth modifiers and rheology modifiers.
ALCOTAC® – a range of organic binders for agglomerating a wide variety of mineral substrates. Principle uses of the ALCOTAC range include full or partial replacement of bentonite or lime binders used in iron ore pelletisation and green strength enhancers used in briquetting, granulating and extruding processes.
ALCOTAC® – this trade name is also applied to a limited range of dust suppressants, which includes a universal film former for stockpile / railcar sealing and a multipurpose wetting agent for haul roads, conveyer transfer and discharge points.
ANTIPREX® – a range of polymeric dispersants, rheology modifiers and scale inhibitors for use in a wide variety of mineral processing.
BURST® – a range of antifoams to prevent foam formation or build-up in many industrial applications and serve to aid trouble-free processing.
DRIMAX® – a range of highly effective surface active agents developed for use in the mineral processing specifically designed to reduce the moisture content of filter cakes and centrifuged solids.
MAGNAFLOC® – a range of synthetic flocculants and coagulants designed for a wide variety of mineral processing applications. The MAGNAFLOC range of flocculants includes a wide variety of product forms consisting of solid grades in both bead and gel form, liquid dispersion and liquid inverse emulsion.
MAGNASOL® – flocculants in the form of a solid block which has been specially designed to slowly dissolve directly into the effluent flow in question and flocculate the associated suspended solids.
RHEOMAX® – a range of tailings management technologies used for minimizing water consumption and maximizing recovery, reducing land areas consumed by tailings and minimizing the costs and time required to rehabilitate such land.
TIOFLOC® – a range of speciality flocculants for the titanium dioxide industry. For use in both the pre- and post-hydrolysis stages of the sulphate process.
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With an ore body 4km-long, 80m-thick and reaching a depth of 2km, LKAB’s Kiruna is the world’s largest, most modern underground iron ore mine located in northern Sweden.
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