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    Sandvik fleet and service at Viscaria copper restart: planning notes for mine teams

    August 5, 2026|

    Reviewed by Tom Sullivan

    First reported on International Mining – News

    30 Second Briefing

    Sandvik has been selected by Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria to supply the underground production fleet, rock tools and a lifecycle service contract for the restart of the Viscaria copper mine in Kiruna, northern Sweden. The package will include production drills and loaders tailored for underground copper operations, with Sandvik responsible for both equipment delivery and ongoing maintenance support. For mine planners and maintenance teams, the integrated fleet-and-service model signals a long-term OEM presence on site and a shift towards standardised Sandvik systems across drilling, loading and ground support.

    Technical Brief

    • Contract bundles underground production fleet, rock tools and service into a single integrated supply agreement.
    • Viscaria is described as one of northern Europe’s most significant copper development projects, indicating multi-year production planning.
    • Reopening an existing mine rather than greenfield development points to brownfield shaft, ramp and level rehabilitation demands.
    • Long-term OEM presence on site typically enables tighter parts inventory control and reduced unplanned equipment downtime.

    Our Take

    Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria has already locked in Nordec for the processing plant structures and Metso for the grinding circuit at Viscaria, so the Sandvik mobile fleet and tools award effectively rounds out the core mining-and-processing equipment package for the restart.

    Within our copper-tagged mining coverage, Viscaria in Sweden stands out as one of the few European restart projects where a single operator (Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria) has moved rapidly to secure multiple tier-one OEMs, signalling a push to de-risk execution and uptime ahead of commissioning.

    Sandvik’s separate move to outsource warehousing to DHL Supply Chain in Eindhoven suggests that parts and rock tools support for the Viscaria copper mine will increasingly rely on a streamlined European logistics hub, which should help reduce lead times for critical spares once production ramps up.

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    Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.

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