SWEDISH infrastructure manager Trafikverket has increased the maximum axleload on the southern section of the 473km Iron Ore Line from Luleå to the Norwegian port of Narvik from 30 to 32.5 tonnes following a two-year trial with mining company LKAB, which operates heavy-haul trains on the route.
SWEDISH mining company LKAB has awarded Hector Rail a five-year contract to operate trains from its iron ore mines in Kiruna and Malmberget in the north of the country.
STATE secretary for Norway's Ministry of Transport and Communications Mr John-Ragnar Aarseth visited Rombak station in the Arctic Circle on September 17 to mark the completion of a project to increase capacity on the 43km Norwegian section of the heavy-haul line linking iron-ore mines in the Kiruna area of northern Sweden with the port of Narvik.
SWEDISH infrastructure manager Trafikverket says it intends to begin developing plans for the construction of a second track on the eastern section of the Kiruna – Narvik (Norway) heavy-haul line in the Arctic Circle.
A research team from the Luleå University of Technology in Sweden has developed the eMaintenance Lab, a one-stop-shop for data analysis which is aiding research projects and maintenance practices, as Kevin Smith discovers.
Sweden's LKAB opened its newest and deepest excavation level at its iron-ore mine in Kiruna in May, which is using an automated railway to move extracted iron-ore. Kevin Smith travelled 145km into the Arctic Circle and 1365m below the surface to visit the mine.
KIRUNA Wagon, Sweden, has secured its first export order with the signing of a contract on May 23 for 40 bogie hoppers for Norwegian mining company Raner Gruber.