Gas and dust in one footprint
Zone 1 sits beside Zone 21 in a steelworks and a pellet plant. One handset designed for both avoids issuing a second device for the dust area.
Sweden · Mining, Steel and Hydrogen
Explosion proof mobile phone for Mining, Steel and Hydrogen in Sweden
Sweden's iron ore comes from Norrbotten, its steel from Luleå, Oxelösund and Borlänge, and a growing share of new investment is going into hydrogen. This page is for engineers and HSE staff across that chain who need an explosion proof mobile phone in Sweden for Zone 1 gas and Zone 21 dust areas. The IS-04Z1 is designed for both and is still pre-launch, with ATEX certification in progress. The IS-04Z1 is designed around intrinsic safety rather than a flameproof enclosure.
Launching Q4 2026 · certification programme in progress
Local approvalATEXATEX 2014/34/EU · ELSÄK-FS 2016:2 and AFS 2023:7 · in progress
AvailabilityQ4 2026via authorised distributors
The sector · Norrbotten to the Baltic
Mining, steel and hydrogen: where Sweden classifies areas
This sector is hard to classify as a whole because the risk is not spread evenly. A mine is mostly a mining-safety problem with a few classified spots. A steelworks is a large gas network with dust. A hydrogen project is a small, new area with the most demanding gas group. The common thread is that each of them is changing: LKAB is moving from pellets towards hydrogen-reduced sponge iron, SSAB is replacing blast furnaces with electric arc furnaces, and new projects at Boden and Luleå are bringing hydrogen to sites that never had it. A handset bought for today's classification drawings should still be correct when those drawings are redrawn. See the operator pages for an explosion proof phone for LKAB and an explosion proof phone for SSAB.
Operators and projects
- LKAB
- Iron ore mining and pelletising at Kiruna, Malmberget and Svappavaara.
- SSAB
- Steelmaking at Luleå and Oxelösund, and finishing at Borlänge.
- Boliden
- Metal mining and smelting, including Aitik at Gällivare and the Rönnskär smelter at Skellefteå.
- HYBRIT
- Joint development by SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall, with a pilot at Luleå.
- Stegra at Boden
- A hydrogen-based steel project in Norrbotten, announced as under development.
- Specialty steel
- Smaller steelworks in central Sweden, with their own gas and furnace areas.
Classified conditions by site type
- Underground mines
- Governed by the mining rules; sulphide ore dust is a hazard at some metal mines.
- Pellet and sintering plants
- Fuel gas, oil and bio-oil systems in the furnaces.
- Blast furnaces and coke ovens
- Toxic and flammable process gas with hydrogen content.
- Smelters
- Reducing atmospheres, sulphur compounds and fuel systems.
- Electrolysers and storage
- Hydrogen at pressure, group IIC, in new installations.
Built for local conditions
What this sector asks of a single handset
Contractors and rotating crews move between sites in this sector, and the same person may work at an ore concentrator in the morning and a gas main in the afternoon.
IP ratingIP68
Battery4,000 mAh
Camera50 MP
OSAndroid 16
Group IIC for the transition
Hydrogen is group IIC. Specifying IIC at the outset avoids replacement when an electrolyser or hydrogen line is added to a site classified for lower groups.
Cold, remote and spread out
Norrbotten sites have long winters and long distances. rugged build covers low temperature, and the 4,000 mAh battery is sized for a shift away from a charger.
Portable credentials, managed centrally
Android Enterprise and the existing MDM console let a contractor pool be enrolled and wiped by operator, so a handset can travel between sites without carrying one operator's data into another.
Use cases · Mining, steel and hydrogen
Where the IS-04Z1 explosion proof mobile phone goes to work.
Mining01
Surface plant and fuel handling
Pellet plant outages, fuel stores and crusher areas bring contractors into zones where the phone is the only way to report or sign off.
Steel02
Gas networks and furnace outages
Outage work on a gas main or furnace is documented with photographs and permits on an enrolled device, rather than a paper pack carried into the area.
Hydrogen03
Commissioning of new plants
Commissioning teams from several contractors work on the same unit. A managed Zone 1 handset keeps the record in one place and can be reissued when the shift changes.
Work and approval
Contractors, project sites and the approval step
Work in this sector comes in waves: construction of new capacity, then commissioning, then long periods of operation with periodic outages. Contractors move between operators during each wave. For a safety manager the useful question is whether the same device and the same enrolment route work at every site, not whether each site buys its own.
Operators set their own requirements for equipment suppliers and this page does not claim any relationship with any of them. Ask each operator's procurement and HSE teams what a supplier file needs. The IS-04Z1 certificates have not been issued yet.
Questions · Mining, steel and hydrogen
Frequently asked questions
Which Swedish rules govern equipment in mines and steelworks?
ATEX 2014/34/EU covers the equipment through ELSÄK-FS 2016:2 for electrical products. Underground work adds the mining inspectorate. See the Sweden page for the regulatory route.
Can one handset cover both a mine surface plant and a hydrogen plant?
That is the design aim. The target of Zone 1 and Zone 21 with group IIC covers both, but the classification drawing for each location decides, so send us the zone, group and temperature class.
How is a contractor pool managed across operators?
Through the MDM console. The handset is enrolled, restricted to approved applications and wiped at the end of the contract, so one pool of devices serves several sites.
Enquiry · Mining, Steel and Hydrogen
Ask about the IS-04Z1 for Mining, Steel and Hydrogen, Sweden
Tell us the site, the zone and gas group, and roughly how many handsets. The SAMS team replies by email with the datasheet and the certification schedule for Sweden. The IS-04Z1 is pre-launch and certification is in progress, so there is no list price yet; indicative pricing is issued in writing against a stated quantity and site.
Enquiry · Mining, Steel and Hydrogen
Launching Q4 2026
Evaluating the IS-04Z1 for this site?
Tell us the zone, gas group and operator. We will send the datasheet and the certification schedule for your market.