Sandvik has acquired a serious order to ship crushing and screening tools for LKAB’s new sorting plant in Malmberget, Sweden. The order is valued at roughly SEK 175 million and was booked within the second quarter of 2026.
The order contains cone crushers, double-deck screens, and vibrating feeders. All tools might be delivered with Sandvik’s Automation and Connectivity System (ACS), built-in into LKAB’s plant management system, enabling enhanced operational management, data-driven decision-making, and proactive upkeep.
The answer combines superior expertise with Engineered-To-Order (ETO) design to maximise productiveness, effectivity, and product high quality according to LKAB’s specs. Deliveries are anticipated within the second and third quarter of 2027.
“We stay up for additional strengthening our collaboration with LKAB and supporting their operations with the newest expertise, innovation, and repair capabilities,” says Richard Harris, President of enterprise space Rock Processing at Sandvik.
The sorting plant is anticipated to be operational in 2028. It would course of 24 Mt of magnetite ore and 1 Mt of haematite ore yearly. Within the sorting plant, the ore is crushed, screened, and magnetically separated – a vital first step earlier than the crude ore proceeds to beneficiation and is remodeled into fines and pellet merchandise.
LKAB’s new sorting plant in Malmberget is without doubt one of the largest industrial initiatives in Gällivare lately. When the plant is accomplished in 2028, it should change the present facility from the Fifties and type a central a part of future manufacturing.
The previous sorting plant has lengthy been restricted by each age and house. Common and intensive upkeep has been vital, whereas variations within the high quality of the uncooked ore have meant that full capability has not been utilised. Constructing a brand new one offers LKAB a facility that’s designed from the bottom up for at this time’s and tomorrow’s wants.
The trendy design offers a extra steady and predictable course of, even with various uncooked materials high quality. It additionally contains expertise to separate metal fibre from the rock reinforcement, which reduces put on in downstream services.
