The mining area operates since 1925 and consists of several mines. The first gold discovery, which laid the foundation for a community and our business employing several generations of employees, was in the Boliden area in the mineral rich Skellefteå field in Västerbotten in northern Sweden. Since starting production in the 1920s, we've mined ore in almost 30 mines.
Today the area is home to the Renström, Kristineberg and Kankberg underground mines. With the exception of Kankberg, complex sulphide ores, which contain zinc, copper, lead, gold and silver, are produced by all the mines. The area also has a concentrator and a leaching plant for gold and tellurium production. The tellurium that is mined in Kankberg is used, among other things, for solar cell production.
The concentrates are then delivered to Boliden's smelters, lead smelters in Europe and tellurium customers in Asia.
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Startup: 1925
Nearest settlement: Skellefteå (rural)
Reported workforce: 651 (2024)
Underground mine, mill & flotation plant
1781 kt ore processed in 2024
Zn mine producing Cu, Ag, Au, Pb and Te co-products
Copper production ~ 5 ktpa
Koppen-Geiger climate zone: Dfb
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Created 14-May-2025