Boliden is inaugurating the Maurliden �stra open pit mine today, and will thereby gradually resume normal operations in the Boliden Area.
Maurliden �stra, located approximately 80 km from Skellefte�, is part of the Boliden Area. Maurliden �stra has an ore reserve of 1.2 million tonnes, with an average copper grade of 1.3 per cent. Mining is planned for four years and production will be reported in the consolidated figures for the Boliden Area.Since the beginning of 2008, the Boliden Area has had limited capacity in terms of depositing tailings sand, a residual product from mining activities. A new tailings pond will be commissioned at the end of 2010, thereby enabling increased production."Commissioning Maurliden �stra means an increase in mine production in the Boliden Area, and normal operations will be resumed at the concentrator after several years of reduced production," explains Jan Mostr�m, President Business Area Mines. The Boliden Area is one of the Boliden Group's four mining areas. The area is located in the mineral-rich Skellefte field, and comprises the Renstr�m and Kristineberg underground mines and the Maurliden and Maurliden �stra open pit mines. All the mines produce complex ore that contains zinc, copper, lead, gold and silver. In 2009, production in the Boliden Area totalled 31,000 tonnes of zinc, 8,000 tonnes of copper, 48 tonnes of silver, 1.7 tonnes of lead and 1.5 tonnes of gold. Polymetallic ore reserves in Maurliden �stra and the Boliden Area, total (Boliden Annual Report 2009)
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Boliden Mineral is a molybdenum exploration company based in Sweden.
Boliden Mineral produces molybdenum, copper, gold, lead, silver and zinc in Ireland and in Sweden, and holds various exploration projects in Argentina, in Burkina Faso, in Canada, in Mexico, in Spain and in Sweden.
Its main assets in production are BOLIDEN AREA OPERATIONS (BAO), AITIK, SKELLEFTE MINING DISTRICT and GARPENBERG in Sweden and TARA MINE (NAVAN) in Ireland and its main exploration properties are TY and PREMIER-BIG MISSOURI & MILL in Canada, LAISVALL MINE in Sweden and LOS FRAILES (APIRSA) in Spain.