Suppliers
LKAB’s suppliers are instrumental in our ambition to both produce climate-efficient quality products and add value to our customers. To satisfy our strategic goals, we aim to work with the most competitive and sustainable suppliers.
Procurements
Are you interested in becoming a supplier? Most of our contracts starts with a procurement process. [Swedish only]
List of current procurementsInfo on procurements
Here is more information about, as well as some of the most common questions and answers, about the procurement process.
How to become a supplier and participate in procurements
Frequently asked questions as a supplier
- Here, among our Documents and instructions, there are information about fuel filling stations, farmers, environmental protection measures and safety data sheets for heating oil and diesel. There are also forms for applying for a fueling tag and fueling authorisation.
- Here, among our Documents and instructions, there are information about applying for parking permits for our industrial areas.
- As a supplier, you’ll find escape routes and information about rescue chambers for our underground mines in Malmberget and Kiruna in Workday Learning.
If you are a supplier and have completed instructor-led safety training on site but do not have a login in Workday, follow the instructions here: https://lkab.com/leverantorer/utbildningar/
If you are an employee of LKAB, use Pocket Mine on your mobile phone or see all procedures and safety information in the business system under Emergencies and crises, which you can access via our Intranet. - Here, in our document archive, there is a risk assessment template with the matrix LKAB uses in Synergi.
- You can learn more about our expectations and requirements in our code of conduct and handbook for suppliers. When you enter a procurement process, you also need to approve to the basic or enhanced requirements as stated in that specific process.
In Documents and instructions, you can find further instructions for our suppliers. - All suppliers are assessed on the basis of specific criteria. Based on our risk assessment, suppliers are selected and subsequently required to make a self-assessment. LKAB also visit suppliers to conduct audits, as well as other follow-ups.
- If you are already a supplier, please contact your purchaser. Alternatively, contact LKAB’s department for sustainability, or send an email to sustainable-purchasing@lkab.com.
- In order to carry out work operations within LKAB, all suppliers are required to comply with legal requirements and applicable regulations according to Arbetsmiljöverket and LKAB’s regulations. Our rules for working environment and safety applies to LKAB’s staff as well as suppliers.
- The supplier company itself and its management is always responsible for its staff’s working environment, even when work is performed within LKAB’s industrial areas.
Representatives from LKAB who order jobs from suplliers must see to that all personnel that work within our industry area are not exposed to risks caused by the general conditions on the plant or other ongoing projects. - Read the Supplier handbook to get the most current information on what is expected from you and your colleagues.
