The mine, one channel video with low frequency sound, 2008
5:30min.
Luossavaraa-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB) was founded in 1890. But the history of the Orefields dates back to the 1660s. It was then that the first known samples of the Gällivare ore were taken. The ore mountains of Kiirunavaara and Luossavaara were mentioned in writing for the first time in 1696. Many were aware that the mountains in the north bore great wealth, and many business ventures were started but were doomed to failure. It was not until the 1870s, with the advent of the Thomas process, a new method of producing steel from phosphorus-rich ore, that the ore deposits became commercially viable. Iron ore mining has driven the development of northern Sweden from sparsely populated mountain and woodland region to a modern industrialized region. To this day, the iron ore from the mines in Kiruna and Malmberget is the lifeblood of an entire region, even on the Finnish side of the Bay of Bothnia, where iron ore products from LKAB feeds the steel industry in Finland.
Today, more than 100 years after the mining started, big parts of the city of Kiruna must be moved because of the undermining of the area. Below ground LKAB has more than 400km of road and above ground the largest city in area in Sweden extend.
The shot is accompanied by a low frequency sound that might create a physical pressure on some people.
The mine, one channel video with low frequency sound, 2008
5:30min.
Luossavaraa-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB) was founded in 1890. But the history of the Orefields dates back to the 1660s. It was then that the first known samples of the Gällivare ore were taken. The ore mountains of Kiirunavaara and Luossavaara were mentioned in writing for the first time in 1696. Many were aware that the mountains in the north bore great wealth, and many business ventures were started but were doomed to failure. It was not until the 1870s, with the advent of the Thomas process, a new method of producing steel from phosphorus-rich ore, that the ore deposits became commercially viable. Iron ore mining has driven the development of northern Sweden from sparsely populated mountain and woodland region to a modern industrialized region. To this day, the iron ore from the mines in Kiruna and Malmberget is the lifeblood of an entire region, even on the Finnish side of the Bay of Bothnia, where iron ore products from LKAB feeds the steel industry in Finland.
Today, more than 100 years after the mining started, big parts of the city of Kiruna must be moved because of the undermining of the area. Below ground LKAB has more than 400km of road and above ground the largest city in area in Sweden extend.
The shot is accompanied by a low frequency sound that might create a physical pressure on some people.
