Inside Sweden’s copper mega-mine | DW News

Sweden is becoming one of the EU’s key suppliers of natural resources. And without copper, there’s no high tech, no battery or environmental technology. We joined the driver of a giant truck in one of Europe’s biggest copper mines, the Aitik copper mine.

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[guderian]

'miles'? It is not the dark ages anymore, DW. Tell your reporters to use standard units of measurement.

[dhawthorne]

These diesel-electric with cont actors are pretty cool. When there is overhead power available, they run like a train, If they have to leave the grid for maintenance, to go around a lane blockage or to access remote locations, they switch on diesel generators like a WWII submarine. There's trials of this being done for big rigs on freeways.

[perfectlyroundcircle]

God damn, those trucks are absolutely massive.

[Ashadow]

We're pretty fortunate that our mines are located in areas that have both large rivers and are quite sparsely populated, meaning there is less competition for the hydropower. If either of these were not the case, I don't think running the stone mill on green energy alone would be possible.

[drmodestoesq]

It's nice to see that the copper refiners are taking pride in the quality of their copper ingots. I'm sure Nanni would be pleased after his unpleasant dealings with Ea Nasir a few years ago.

[mait]

I was just there in that area tenting couple of days ago. Randomly watched this video and figured out that i am actually next to it. I went to have a peek at the quarry. Did not get too far but it is massive, surrounded by endless forests.

[anuraudagedara]

Hats off to the sound strategies implemented by the company👏👏

[missthang]

That'a girl! 🤜💥🤛.... I'm a Miner and work in a nickel mine. I work 4600 ft underground. Lots of us females down there. Nice seeing a documentary that shows the female roles too.

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦✌️

[bogdankorolevych]

I work there! As a heavy truck mechanic! We repair those trucks!

[agw]

Makes me a little proud to be Swedish.

[cristianluchian]

I have always admired Sweden, an industrialized country and a very civilized people

[MrTurbo_]

Imagine trying to impress her with your souped up lifted pickup truck and she's like "Dude, i drive a truck with 3500hp which is the size of your house, get your puny toy car out of my way"

[thovsland]

Fun to see the dam from my hometown in Norway, being used as an example for hydroelectric plant :) Clearly a superior dam

[Karlthuluu]

"Waving is required to see that you're awake and doing fine", I'm sure they were just greeting each other, just like busdrivers do when they pass each other

[marcinsarniak]

"Waving is required" has to be one of the funniest things I've heard in a while.

[MidKnightKid]

Can we just all agree how sick the beat is in the background?

[erikwibaeus]

The commentsection here is absolutly great. Cheers

[martiniv]

I was lucky enough to go down the Ancient copper mine ‘Falu’ in Falun in Sweden, further south than this Mega pit Aitik 👌🏻😎

[JambalayaJimmy]

Worked in big open pit mines in Labrador, Canada. Very similar operation to this.

[actually_zer]

2:32 this exact moment makes it the most obvious how insanely large these machines are, i have been next to one of the "small" ones (the one in the bottom right corner) and already that felt really big. but seeing it compared to these other vehicles is insane