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Commission and Operation Experiences of Two Thickened Tailings Facilities
Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB), Sweden.
Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB), Sweden .
Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser, Geoteknologi.
2020 (Engelska)Ingår i: Paste 2020: Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Paste, Thickened and Filtered Tailings / [ed] Quelopana, H, GECAMIN, 2020Konferensbidrag, Publicerat paper (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Abstract [en]

Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB), an iron ore company with mines in northern Sweden is continuously considering new technologies for handling, transportation and disposal of waste rock and tailings. The mines and concentration facilities are located north of the Arctic Circle which in Scandinavia means an average temperature of about 0° C. Snow from mid-October to mid-May. In winter the temperature may reach -35 to -40° C during weeklong cold spells.

At the Svappavaara mine early technical-economical feasibility considerations together with expected space limitations in the concentrator area favored location of two thickened tailings thickeners on a hill close to the disposal area about 1600 m away from the concentrating plant. In this way only short distance pumping of thickened slurry is required and warm process water is recovered directly by gravity from the thickener to the concentrating plant.

A thickener of a high-density type with 18 m diameter was first installed. Four years later an additional thickener of paste type with diameter 24 m was put into operation. The design (maximum) capacities were 115 and 275 tph (tons per hour) for the 18 m and 24 m thickeners, respectively, with solids flux rates of 0.45 and 0.6 ton/m2h. Both are planned for common use for 390 tph within a few years.

The tailings product is characterized by an average particle size of about 30 µm with a maximum of about 500 µm and about 40 % passing 20 µm. Solids density about 3000 kg/m3. A solids concentration by mass of 70 % was considered sufficient for deposition at a slope of up to 3 %.

The objective is to present and discuss the performance of the thickening, transportation and deposition systems during the commission stages and first years of operation. The aim is also to describe how initial conditions related to changes in the tailings production rate together with climatic conditions called for robust by-pass arrangements. Furthermore, complicating factors related to the choice of auxiliary equipment and instrumentation for central functions are discussed.

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GECAMIN, 2020.
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-81703DOI: 10.36487/ACG_repo/2052_32OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-81703DiVA, id: diva2:1504685
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23rd International Conference on Paste, Thickened and Filtered Tailings (Paste 2020), 2-6 November, 2020, Santiago, Chile
Tillgänglig från: 2020-11-30 Skapad: 2020-11-30 Senast uppdaterad: 2020-11-30Bibliografiskt granskad

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