The Environmental and Planning Board in Kiruna Municipality has carried out checks on Kaunis Iron’s ore trains from Pitkäjärvi to Narvik and the results are approved, in other words, satisfactory.
Up until now, Kaunis Iron has implemented four measures to stop dust spreading from the rail wagons: the body surfaces have been painted, we have invested in a facility that applies “paste” to the concentrate before departure, bottom drainage has been installed in the body and the mine has invested in a mechanical solution that enables vibrating the wagons when unloading in Narvik.
These measures are now proving successful.
“In addition we are filming every trip ore trains make and we have at least 400 hours of film that we have analysed without detecting dust from the wagons,” says Andreas Lantto, Head of Logistics with Kaunis Iron AB.
Just like Kaunis Iron, Kiruna Municipality has made film recordings of the ore train in motion. At the board meeting on 13 September, film footage was an item on the agenda, and it was then decided to archive the information with approval.
“Even though it did not come as a surprise that it would be approved, it is of course pleasing that we have it rubberstamped – our work for the best possible environment along the railway is making a difference,” says Per-Erik Lindvall, CEO of Kaunis Iron.
Kaunis Iron continues to film its ore transportation by train to constantly ensure that it will remain as dust free as possible en route to Narvik.
