Essays about: "Kiruna mine."

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1. 1. Evaluation of SLAM based mobile laser scanning and terrestrial laser scanning in the Kiruna mine : A comparison between the Emesent Hovermap HF1 mobile laser scanner and the Faro Laser Scanner Focus3D X 330 terrestrial laser scanner

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Samhällsbyggnad

   Author : Claes Gustafsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Terrestrial laser scanning; mobile laser scanning; simultaneous localization and mapping; underground mapping; Kiruna mine.;

   Abstract : The mining industry has over the last few decades seen a drastic increase in the usage of laser scanning technologies as a way of creating 3D maps of the mines being exploited. Underground mapping in places such as mines has become more prevalent as the technology has progressed and made it easier to generate highly detailed point clouds faster. READ MORE

3. 2. Unveiling Contradictions: The Green Energy Transition and Sámi Indigenous Rights in the Per Geijer Expansion, Kiruna, Sweden

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Maria Svensson; Maria Schmidt; [2023]
   Keywords : green energy transition; Indigenous rights; extractive industries; mining; sustainable development; Sámi; social sustainability;

   Abstract : In recent decades, there has been a growing recognition of Indigenous rights over traditional territories and natural resources, alongside the intensification of extractive activities on Indigenous lands, often in violation of their rights.The paradox is driven by several factors, including escalating global commodity prices, energy security concerns, and the shift towards green energy. READ MORE

4. 3. Petrophysical Properties of Rocks in Central Kiruna Mining District, Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Simon Peter Dagbui; [2023]
   Keywords : Kiruna mining district; Common earth model; petrophysics; density; AMS; complex electrical resistivity; NRM; magnetization; IOA; Kirunavaara Mineralization;

   Abstract : High economic and metallogenic significance of northern Norrbotten ore district in Sweden which hosts Kiruna mining district makes it a very important ore district in the world. Northern Norrbotten ore district contributes a combined 90 percent of iron production in Europe. READ MORE

5. 4. Some Like It Hot: Pre-heating Prior to Bioreactor Treatment Enhances Nitrogen Removal From Mine Drainage

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

   Author : Laura Nina Bettoni; [2022]
   Keywords : denitrification; nitrate removal; temperature; woodchip bioreactor; waste rock leachate;

   Abstract : Ammonium-nitrate based explosives (NH4NO3) used within the operations of Kiruna iron ore mine release nitrate (NO3-) into the environment, potentially having adverse effects on local river-systems. One way of reducing NO3- impacts to the environment is through a woodchip denitrifying bioreactor (DBR). READ MORE

6. 5. Uranium Mineralizations at Kiirunavaara,Northernmost Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Diego Segovia Menard; [2022]
   Keywords : kiirunavaara; uranium; EPMA; water; hydrothermal;

   Abstract : In recent years, a variably high amount of uranium (U) and radon (Rn) were found in the water and airof the Kiirunavaara mine in Kiruna, northern Sweden. The Swedish Agency for Marine and WaterManagement (Havs och vattenmyndigheten) has maximum limits for “special polluting substances” inwater that is released to natural recipients (HVMFS 2019:25), therefore, the mining company LKAB,owner and operator of the Kiirunavaara mine, decided to conduct a study to investigate the issueregarding these findings, triggering this master thesis. READ MORE