• We are responsible for the comprehensive development of the Laivakangas mine project.

Key figures of the project:

• Gold can be enriched with natural methods.
• The annual production is approximately 4,000 kg of gold.
• At this stage, 10,000 floor-m² of buildings are made
• Total investment approximately €77 million
• Delivery 2010–2011
• The client is Nordic Mines Ab.

Kittilä mine, Kittilä

The mine in Kittilä is the largest known gold deposit in Europe. Our commission included the project and construction management tasks required for the opening of the mine. The client was Agnico-Eagle Finland.

Key figures of the project:

• Ore for the concentration plant: 1 million tons per year. Operating period: 12-15 years.
• Annual excavations of the open pit mine (ore + waste rock): 4.5 million tons per year (40 million tons in total).
• Length of the open pit mine approximately 900 m, maximum width 400 m and depth approximately 150 m.
• Earth removal: approximately 1 million m³.
• Underground mine: access shaft to a depth of about 400m from the surface, slope 1:7, dimensions 5 m x 5 m, initial length about 3 km.
• Construction of roads, buildings, ditches, pipe systems, electricity distribution, etc. for the mine.

Pampalo mine, Ilomantsi

• Construction management of the mine, procurement and worksite management, construction work supervision and monitoring of hardware installation.
• The client was Endimines Oy.

Pahtavaara mine, Sodankylä

The Pahtavaara gold mine opened in 1996. The mining was restarted in 2007, and excavation has moved from open pit to underground.

• Electrification projecting and design control