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Case studies
- High tech dam safety
- Minimizing environmental impact with volcanic clay
- Extracting zinc through steel mill dust recycling at Rönnskär
- Landfilled sulphur residue set to be Kokkola’s next resource
- Secondary material recycling and synergies
- Sustainable water management at Boliden
- Kokkola jarosite research
- Purification of manganese from anode sludge at Kokkola
- Converting secondary materials from electronics into precious metals at Harjavalta
- A moment of truth for electrification at Aitik
- Plastic recycling at Bergsöe
- When the environment and economy both win
- Contributing to a circular economy at Kokkola
- Mine automation improves safety
- Dead wood brings forest to life
- Largest electronic material recycler in the world
- Scrap lead batteries recycled to new raw material
- Gillervattnet reclamation project
- Reducing waste and enhancing profitability
- Fjord clean up at the Odda smelter
- Safety culture and business stability go hand in hand
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Smelters
Boliden Rönnskär
A world leader in recycling electronics
Rönnskär in Skelleftehamn is one of the world's most efficient copper smelters. The plant receives deliveries of copper and lead concentrates from our own mines and from external suppliers. Today the smelter is a world leader in electronics recycling thanks to investments and developments in Kaldo technology. We extract primarily copper, gold and silver from these materials. Rönnskär is our biggest production unit and the biggest private employer in the region.
Did you know that....
65 per cent of all copper produced is used to generate and conduct electricity. The supply of copper is therefore crucial for the transition to alternative energy sources like wind, solar and hydro power, where the copper is needed in the first stage to generate electricity and in the second stage to carry the energy over long distances with low losses.
Studies show that when copper is used for the purposes of energy efficiency improvements, it can deliver CO2 reductions that counteract the emissions involved in producing the copper by a factor of 250.
Boliden Rönnskär production, 2018
- Copper: 224 ktonnes
- Zinc clinker: 31 ktonnes
- Lead: 29 ktonnes
- Sulphuric acid: 518 ktonnes
- Silver: 472 000 kg
- Gold: 13 000 kg
