Objectives: This study investigates both general mortality and mortality from myocardial infarction among men employed in iron-ore mines in Sweden. Methods: The mortality of employees (surface and underground workers) at the iron-ore mines in Malmberget and Kiruna. Sweden was investigated. The study...
The company large numbers of iron ore mines are located in the Australia, South America, Canada, India and Guinea with the majority interest in Pilbara Iron (Perth, Australia). Rio Tinto is the first mine open in Pilbara in the year 1966. Pilbara provides one of the world finest operations...
The party of members invited by the owners of the mines was necessarily limited, and the journey was long and arduous. After travelling 820 miles by railway, the party proceeded in carriages for forty miles over a loose shingle road, then for forty miles more up the Kalix river in boats ...
Northern Sweden offers unique conditions for fossil-free steel production, the newly established company said in a press release on Tuesday. The region has Europe’s largest iron-ore mines, plenty of renewable energy in the form of hydropower and wind-power, and is a center...
"We face a supply problem. Without mines, there can be noelectric vehicles," Mostrom added. While the find is believed to be the biggest in Europe, it remains small on a global scale, representing less than one percent of the 120 million tonnes estimated worldwide by the US Geological Sur...
The mines, especially at Gellivare, yield a large quantity of fine iron ore. The river and high-sea fishing (salmon, cod, herring) has attained large proportions. The Scandinavian exhibition held in 1897 showed the extraordinary development of manufacture during the last hundred years. The most...
Wardell Armstrong International (2008) Preliminary economic assessment of the Fennoscandian iron ore mines. Final report for Northland Resources Inc Download references Acknowledgments I would like to thank Northland Resources for providing me with the opportunity and funding to work on the regional ec...
Within a case-control study of male in northern Sweden combined effects of underground mining (iron ore mines) and smoking were analysed. A synergistic effect was found approximately of multiplicative type. Cases with exposed to underground mining had a considerably lower average cumulative consumption...
Also worthy of attention are the textile, food, chemical industry. The mineral industry is mainly concentrated in the area of copper and iron mines. For the last several decades, Sweden has been one of the largest ore suppliers around the world. Wood is one of the most valuable raw...
Iron ore 1940-61 Coal mines close During World War II, most of Höganäs’ products are in high demand, especially coal. Large amounts are mined and the company makes a good profit. When the war comes to an end, demand drops and by 1961 the mines in Höganäs are closed. 165 ...