Our open-pit mines - LKAB
The ore in the Svappavaara field's active open-pit mine, Leveäniemi, is extracted by mining the ore in descending levels. The thickness of the slabs, known as the bench height, is 15 metres, and the slabs are worked downwards. In the first stage, the ore is extracted at one level before moving down a step (15 metres), after which the ore is ...