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1 it takes a special kind of person to work for anglo american’s exploration team. people like mattias johansson, who have the skills to find minerals in the harshest environments but who are also driven to find ways to minimize the impact on that environment. exploring high up in the arctic, he is part of a team that pioneered a closed-loop drilling system, which reduced both water usage and waste. it’s about finding ways to discover minerals and showing a respect for the land and the communities that live there. if you are interested in working in mining at the real frontier of mattias johansson discovery, find out more at anglo american getthefullstory.com/careers wanted: people who can find a needle in the arctic 2 41829_6 AngloAmerican_Exploration_Mattias Johansson Artworker: Proof: DATE: MH 1 16.08.12 Client: Anglo American MH 2 16.08.12 Description: Exploration press MH 3 17.08.12 Artwork Size: 297x210 mm Trim 303x216 Bleed Page 1 Publication: Excursion report FONTS: DIN Traffic: Matt Hopkins Table of contents Introduction 6 Monday July 7 Atlas Copco 9 Tuesday July 8 Zinkgruvan, Lundin Mining 14 Wednesday July 9 Metso Minerals 19 Thursday July 10 Garpenberg, Boliden 23 Weekend, some free time 28 Sunday and Monday July 13, 14 Kiruna, LKAB 29 Tuesday July 15 Aitik, Boliden 34 Wednesday July 16 Björkdalsgruvan 40 Thursday July 17 Boliden Office and Rönnskär Smelter 45 5 Introduction Each year the SME-TMS Student Chapter Delft organises a study trip for their student members. The aim is to get a clear impression of the mining, extractive metallurgy and recycling industry in a particular country, its importance for Europe and the role it plays world-wide. The focus is always on the technological and economical aspects as well as on the cultural and geographical specialties of the country which is visited. As in 2002, 2006 and 2010 Sweden was chosen this year as the destination of the study trip. The follow- ing report summarises the information which was gathered on this trip. How this report came to be In preperation of the study trip the group was divided into teams that would each do research on the companies to be visited. This resulted in the travel journal which contained the gathered information on the companies and some prepared questions. At the start of the study trip the group was divided once more into 5 teams which would each focus on a specific subject during the company visits, namely: Health and Safety Environment and Sustainability Marketing Innovation Efficiency This report is a result of the effort of all 16 student particapants and contains a combination of the research done prior to the study trip and the research done on the 5 aformentioned subjects during the trip. We hope you enjoy reading our report. Participants: Hubert Breukelman Ottomar Brussee Jeras Dieleman Michiel Ensing Mathijs Groenewegen Talitha Groenewold Stefan Groenheide Bibi van der Horst Alexander Kempke Marlotte Kox Adriaan van Natijne Suus Oudwater Renske Taylor Roel van Toorenenburg Kaj van der Waal Wokke Wijdeveld TU Delft representatives: Hans de Ruiter Marinus Dalm 6 Lime, a versatile product for multiple applications We invite you to visit our website to learn more about Lhoist www.lhoist.com Follow us on 7 LHO 1406 Lhoist Website QR Ad EN [A4].indd 1 3/06/14 14:35 From underground coal mines in Queensland, Australia, to gold mines in Mali to the oil sands of Canada, you’ll find Cat products hard at work — drilling and digging, loading and hauling, grading and dozing, cutting and shearing. You’ll find Cat dealers — providing unmatched support, expert service and integrated solutions. And you’ll find our people — working alongside our customers to help them mine efficiently and productively while doing the utmost to protect the health and safety of miners, the environment and the communities where mining companies operate. MINING.CAT.COM © 2013 Caterpillar. All Rights Reserved. CAT, CATERPILLAR, their respective logos, “Caterpillar Yellow,” the “Power Edge” trade dress as well as corporate and product identity used herein, are trademarks of Caterpillar and may not be used without permission. 8 Monday July 7 – Atlas Copco We started our study trip at Atlas Copco in Örebro. The morning programme consisted of some presentations including a company presentation, HR presentation, product portfolio and presentation on automation. In the afternoon we were given a guided tour through the facilities. In the evening our hosts Peter Bray and Annelie Mård treated us to a nice dinner in Örebro. Hosts: Marcus Eklind (Product Line Manager Underground Material Handling) Annelie Mård (Vice President Human Resources Rocktec) Julian Reynolds (Product Line Manager Automation) Peter Bray (Product Manager - Face Drilling Equipment) 9 Atlas Copco Quick Facts • Founded February 21st, 1873 by Edvard Fränckel as AB Atlas. • Revenue of 84 Billion SEK or 9.7 Billion EUR over 2013. • Employees 40,000+ • Producer of industrial equipment. Introduction Atlas Copco is a Swedish company which has been around for over 140 years and has its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. It produces industrial tools and equipment like innovative compressors (world’s leading producer), construction and mining equipment, air treatment systems, power tools, vacuum solutions and assembly systems. The company operates in four business areas: compressor technique, mining and rock excavation technique, construction technique and industrial technique. Atlas Copco has over 40.000 employees and is involved in more than 180 countries. The company had a revenue of 84 Billion SEK or 9.7 Billion EUR in 2013, 34% of which was earned with Mining and Rock Excavation Technique. History Atlas Copco was founded on February 21st, 1873 by Edvard Fränckel as AB Atlas. In the same year, it took over the railway car maker Ekenbergs Soner which gave the company its initial core business. In 1890, it acquired the rights to make Rudolf Diesel’s engine under a subsidiary company called AB Diesels Motorer. In the early 20th century, the company moved away from their focus on railway cars and began producing portable compressors and pneumatic tools. Due to World War I, the demand for AB Atlas Diesel compressors dropped which forced the company to focus on air compressors. In 1948 the Swedish company Polar Atlas, a marine diesel engine producer, merged with the company to give it its current name Atlas Copco in 1956. Copco is an acronym for the Belgian Compagnie Pneumatique Commerciale. In 1968 the company is divided into three production companies: Atlas Copco Mining & Construction Techniques (CMT), Atlas Copco Airpower (CA) and Atlas Copco Tools (AT). The company kept developing ever since and continues to do so today. Mining products Atlas Copco develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of mining products and tools of which a selection can be found in table 1. The complete line of mining equipment are designed to have high productivity with a low maintenance cost. This approach in developing their products has made Atlas Copco into one of the leading manufacturers in rock drilling, construction and mining equipment. Drill rigs and rock drills Drilling tools Loading and haulage equipment Cable bolting rigs Down the hole drilling tools Continuous loading equipment Dimension stone equipment Grinding equipment Underground loaders Scaling rigs Raiseboring tools Underground trucks Face drilling rigs Rotary drilling tools Raiseboring machines Top hammer drilling tools Rotary blasthole drilling rigs Horizontal drilling tools Table: A selection of mining and rock excavation products by Atlas Copco. 10 Örebro plant Atlas Copco’s Örebro plant houses the divisions Underground Rock Excavation, Surface Drilling Equipment and Rocktec division. The plant develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of tun- nelling and mining equipment and has 1,100+ employees. The city of Örebro houses Drilling Solutions, Geotechnical Drilling and Exploration, Secoroc’s Rock Drilling Tools, Surface Drilling Equipment, Underground Rock Excavation and Rocktec’s Global Research and the Development Center. Health & Safety Atlas Copco employs over 40.200 people in 90 countries. With these numbers, it is inevitable that some of the countries are conflict areas or politically unstable. Every Atlas Copco employee working in those areas has had a special training and will get security surveillance if needed. At Atlas Copco they have a timeline with mandatory objectives in safety training. Every employee of Atlas Copco needs to follow certain trainings, no matter where in the world or in which department they work. These programs are offered in a classroom setting and online as e-learning. Atlas Copco is working on the development of remote control machines, to prevent incidents to the drivers of the machines. Besides focussing on improving the equipment in a technical point of view, Atlas Copco also works hard on improving the ergonomic design of the equipment, creating more leg space for example. Living in a modern world, Atlas Copco tries to enhance the personal comfort of the drivers as well, by installing CD players and air conditioning for example. Environment & Sustainability Atlas Copco does several things to commit to sustainable productivity. For instance, in 1984 they initi- ated the “water for all” project in Africa. They sent drilling equipment to help with the drilling of wells for drinking water. They also let machines work more sustainable by applying a certain software to operate different machines. This can increase the amount of tons mined per month. This software does a lot for automa- tion as well. There are scoop trams which can, after being programmed, drive automatically from the hauling location to the dump filled with ore. The automation process is one of the reasons why a lot of mines did not have to close. At last, they have the “green line”.