Mining in Finland 1997

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Mining in Finland 1970 - 1997 (chart)

Production of Finnish mines in metric tons
Source: Ministry of Trade and Industry, Finland

Metal mines
Limestone mines
Mineral mines
Other mines
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Metal mines

					Production
No	Mine	Location	Main products	Company	Total	Ore
1	Kemi	Keminmaa	Cr	Outokumpu Chrome Oy	9 822 754	998 514
2	Pahtavaara	Sodankylä	Au	Terra Mining Oy	3 314 050	474 373
3	Pyhäsalmi	Pyhäjärvi	Cu,Zn,S,Au,Ag	Outokumpu Mining Oy	1 253 767	935 135
4	Hitura	Nivala	Nl,Cu,Co	Outokumpu Mining Oy	592 402	592 402
5	Orivesi	Orivesi	Au	Outokumpu Mining Oy	324 603	213 587
6	Mullikkoräme	Pyhäjärvi	Zn,Cu,Pb,Ag, Au	Outokumpu Mining Oy	282 947	257 586
7	Pampalo	Ilomantsi	Au	Outokumpu Mining Oy	11 800	0
				Total	15 602 323	3 471 597

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Limestone mines

					Production
No	Mine	Location	Main products	Company	Total	Ore
1	Ihalainen	Lappeenranta	Limestone	Partek Nordkalk Oy Ab	1 580 798	1 154 316
2	Skräbböle-Limberg	Parainen	Limestone	Partek Nordkalk Oy Ab	1 505 271	1 071 873
3	Putkinotko	Vampula	Dolomite	Partek Nordkalk Oy Ab	310 451	110 163
4	Ruokojärvi	Karimäki	Limestone	Partek Nordkalk Oy Ab	256 483	256 483
5	Ryytimaa	Vimpeli	Dolomite	Partek Nordkalk Oy Ab	239 234	198 734
6	Siikainen	Siikainen	Dolomite	Partek Nordkalk Oy Ab	190 216	101 743
7	Tytyri	Lohja	Limestone	Partek Nordkalk Oy Ab	182 533	182 533
8	Sipoo	Sipoo	Limestone,Dolomite	Partek Nordkalk Oy Ab	174 606	162 384
9	Förby	Särkisalo	Ca	Karl Forsström Ab	170 438	168 713
10	Kalkkimaa	Tornio	Dolomite	Saxo Oy	119 157	119 157
11	Ankele	Virtasalmi	Dolomite	Saxo Oy	70 470	70 470
12	Vesterbacka	Vimpeli	Limestone	Partek Nordkalk Oy Ab	47 978	47 978
13	Mustio	Karjaa	Limestone	Partek Nordkalk Oy Ab	29 060	29 060
14	Juuan Louhos	Juuka	Ca,Mg	Juuan Dolomiteomiittikalkki Oy	28 273	26 773
15	Reetinniemi	Paltamo	Ca,Mg	Juuan Dolomiteomiittikalkki Oy	26 053	24 853
16	Varmo	Kesälahti	Limestone	Partek Nordkalk Oy Ab	10 989	10 989
17	Akäsjoensuu	Kolari	Ca	Partek Oy Ab	1 730	1 730
				Total	4 943 740	3 737 952

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Mineral mines

					Production
No	Mine	Location	Main products	Company	Total	Ore
1	Siilinjärvi	Siilinjärvi	P,Limestone	Kemira Chemicals Oy	11 345 148	8 422 574
2	Lahnaslampi	Sotkamo	Talc,Ni	Finnminerals Oy	914 885	500 564
3	Horsmanaho	Polvijärvi	Talc,Ni	Finnminerals Oy	886 046	375 375
4	Tulikivi	Juuka	Soapstone	Tulikivi Oy	465 125	74 625
5	Lipasvaara	Polvijärvi	Talc,Ni	Finnminerals Oy	259 115	134 940
6	Kinahmi	Nilsiä	Quartz	SP Minerals Oy Ab	157 302	156 322
7	Nunnanlahti	Juuka	Soapstone	Nunnanlahden Uuni Oy	150 321	36 570
8	Kemiö	Kemiö	Quartz,Feldspar	SP Minerals Oy Ab	135 000	105 000
9	Ristimaa	Tornio	Quartz	Saxo Oy	28 325	28 325
10	Haapaluoma	Peraseinäjoki	Quartz, Feldspar	SP Minerals Oy Ab	20 655	19 655
11	Tevalainen spectrolite	Ylämaa	Spectrolite	Tevalaisen Spectrolite	400	400
				Total	14 362 322	9 854 350

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Other mines

					Production
No	Mine	Location	Main products	Company	Total	Ore
1	Metsäsianniemi	Kiiminki	Al,Fe	Partek Paroc Oy Ab	49 400	49 100
2	Näträmälä	Imatra	Al,Fe,Mg	Partek Paroc Oy Ab	33 032	33 032
3	Vanhasuo	Savitaipale	Al,Fe,Mg	Partek Paroc Oy Ab	21 661	21 661
4	Karunki	Tornio	Fyllite	Optiroc Oy Ab	5 423	5 423
				Total	109 516	109 216

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All mines

Total number of mines	Total production	Ore production
39	35 017 901	17 173 115

This page is maintained by Pekka Eloranta, E-mail: Pekka.Eloranta@hut.fi.
Updated: Thursday, November 12, 1998
Corrections: Orivesi and Polvijärvi Total production, November 12, 1998
URL: http://www.hut.fi/~pjeloran/mining97.html

Mining in Finland 1997

Metal mines

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Mineral mines

Other mines

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