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In the current phase of the EU-funded HERMES project, Kiruna Wagon is constructing a demonstrator wagon and unloading station for ICL Iberia's salt transports in Spain. The objective of the project is to bring European rail freight to an unprecedented level of reliability, flexibility and productivity. While rail freight transport has the advantage of being comparatively environmentally friendly, rail has lost much of the freight business to road transport due to its lack of flexibility. Other disadvantages associated with rail freight is the large costs involved in purchasing and operating freight wagons, and since rail transports can rarely be carried [...]

Kiruna Wagon’s Side Dumper has been commended by Sweden’s largest rail freight and logistics company, Green Cargo. Green Cargo operates Boliden’s trains with Side Dumpers from Kiruna Wagon, from the Boliden Aitik mine in the north of Sweden to the Rönnskär copper smelter by the Bothnian Bay. Mats Hellsten, Operate Account Manager at Green Cargo, said: “We are extremely happy with the Side Dumper and its performance. It is actually extraordinary compared to other wagons. Especially during the cold and snowy winters that we have in northern Sweden.” Kiruna Wagon has since 2009 delivered 33 Side Dumpers to Boliden and [...]

Kiruna Wagon has been awarded a contract by Boliden to deliver 14 additional ore wagons. Since 2009, Kiruna Wagon has manufactured and delivered 33 Side Dumpers to Boliden and the new contract represents a continued vote of confidence from the mining company. The high carrying capacity and the tightly sealed body of Kiruna Wagon’s Side Dumper make it the most energy-efficient and environmentally friendly transport option for Boliden’s fine-grained concentrate materials. Both the technology and the wagon have developed since Boliden’s first order in 2009 and Kiruna Wagon is continuously working to remain at the forefront of lightweight wagon constructions [...]

Kiruna Wagon has been selected to develop Europe's next generation of bulk wagons in an international project that is part of the EU's major investment in a competitive European industry, Horizon 2020. Also participating from Sweden are SSAB and the Division of Mechanics of Solid Materials at Luleå University of Technology, with particular focus on Solid Mechanics. The goal of the project, which is carried out as a collaboration between nine European companies and organisations, is to create the most modern logistics system possible for the Spanish potash and salt producer Iberpotash, and thus set a new standard in European [...]

The 40th and final Bottom Dumper wagon has been delivered to Norwegian iron ore producer Rana Gruber. The first wagon marked Alfa was delivered in January 2014, and today we delivered the last wagon marked Omega. "We are very happy with this project and our Bottom Dumper wagon. It is a robust and proven solution that we have managed to produce with really low tare weight and good flexibility for different discharge options," said Kiruna Wagon's Managing Director Fredrik Kangas. The Bottom Dumper is suitable for pellets, rock and other easily unloaded commodities and designed for high-capacity continuous bottom [...]

The final-year Sirius project course conducted at Kiruna Wagon in collaboration with Luleå University of Technology (LTU) has been completed with great success. The project resulted in technological advances that will greatly benefit our second-generation Side Dumper. Through the help of LTU’s technically skilled and creative students we have managed to reduce the weight of the Side Dumper and improve its opening mechanism. In addition, the number of components has been significantly reduced, which further simplifies manufacturing and maintenance. Two students from LTU will stay on at Kiruna Wagon to pursue degree project work. The focus of their work will [...]

Kiruna Wagon has signed an extension of the existing contract with Boliden for the maintenance of its fleet of 32 Side Dumpers. Kiruna Wagon has since 2010 managed the maintenance for Boliden and we continue to develop wagon maintenance as a strong feature of our own portfolio, demonstrating to the market that the most modern wagon technology, in combination with the most modern maintenance philosophy, delivers the lowest cost per tonne of ore product transported. Boliden's wagon fleet transports copper concentrate from the Aitik Mine near Gällivare to the Rönnskär smelter at the Bothnian Bay. The Side Dumper system [...]

LKAB has signed an agreement with Kiruna Wagon to purchase an additional 21 underground wagons for the Kiruna Mine's new main level. The new order is an extension of a previous order for 121 wagons, which was signed in 2010. "It is of major importance to us that we have been trusted to deliver to the world’s most modern mining company. The wagon project is an important long-term project that strengthens our offer and our unique expertise within ore logistics," said Fredrik Kangas, Managing Director at Kiruna Wagon. The wagons manufactured for LKAB will annually transport 30 million tonnes of [...]