Project duration: 1 January 2018 – 31 March 2021

Objective

MaMMa focuses on the development of a combined cyber-physical software system to improve whole mine maintenance by collecting and processing machine & infrastructure data to present analyzed conditions in a structured and clear way.

Mine operators require operational availability, efficiency and the safety of the machines, mine workings and employees. This can be achieved with good maintenance.

In addition, machine producers are requesting real load data to optimize their machine construction. Consulting and engineering companies typically request data for process optimization and incident management, too. To offer their services effectively, optimization consultants (e.g. for maintenance and processes, etc.) tend to look for simple access to wear & tear data; such data is provided by the proposed MaMMa system.

The solution (technology)

This new product will lead to cost-saving extended maintenance intervals and increased operational availability. Dependencies will be pointed out and could be handled to improve the production.

MaMMa allows the employees and consultants of a mine to design better, more efficient machine and infrastructure maintenance plans for mines depending on the real-time results of the operational wear & tear status. These designs of machine and infrastructure maintenance schedules are often designed, verified and optimized by professional training schools, technical research institutes at Universities (Educational Component).

The real-time maintenance data supplied by MaMMa would allow shorter response times to required modifications during mining operations, and constant testing, verification, and optimization of these maintenance plans in a safer environment.

Partnership

• DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Germany (Lead partner)
• Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH, Germany
• Clausthal University of Technology, Germany
• KGHM Cuprum Ltd. Research & Development Centre, Poland
• KGHM Polska Miedz Spólka Akcyjna, Poland
• LTU Business AB, Sweden
• Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria
• Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (WUST), Poland
• Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen), Germany
• RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB, Sweden

For more information, please visit the official website of the project.

Project duration: 1 January 2018 – 31 March 2021

Objective

Reliable information concerning the locations and amounts of undiscovered mineral resources is important for investment decisions by exploration and mining companies and the political and administrative decision-making process concerned with land-use planning. The current state-of-the-art analytical method for this purpose, the “three-part method”, was developed by the US Geological Survey but has several shortcomings related to the handling of uncertainty in both the input and output data and the classification of the delineated mineral potential areas. Furthermore, the different stages should be integrated into one workflow program.

The solution (technology)

The project will produce a new method and software for the quantitative assessment of undiscovered mineral resources, by integrating mineral prospectivity modeling and the three-part method. The testing phase will produce valuable information on undiscovered resources in the Nordic countries and the Arctic deep ocean floor. The software will increase the productivity of its users and create new business possibilities for service providers, by providing new valuable information on the locations and amounts of undiscovered mineral resources in these areas.

Partnership

• Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), Finland (Lead partner)
• Beak Consultants GmbH (BEAK), Germany
• Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), Norway
• Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU), Sweden
• Iceland GeoSurvey (ISOR), Iceland
• LTU Business AB, Sweden
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
• Scandinavian Highlands (SHH), Denmark
• University of Oulu, Finland

For more information, please visit the project website.

Project duration: 01 January 2019 – 31 March 2022

Objective

There is a lack of Master programmes in Europe addressing the entrepreneurship, business and administrational needs of the mining sector. This project addresses this shortage through the development of a Master in Arctic Mineral Resources, with emphasis on such skills combined with technical aspects of mining. Graduates are expected to find work within authorities, in the development of mining projects within industry or to start their own businesses.

The solution (technology)

In the Nordic countries, as well as in Europe, there is currently a lack of educational programmes addressing entrepreneurship, business and administrational aspects of the mining industry. Based on previous investigations, this has resulted in skill shortages both in junior and large mining companies, as well as within authorities. This became especially apparent in the last mining boom, where the Arctic region (Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Greenland) was in focus for the development of several new European mining projects. This proposal aims at addressing this shortage by the development of a Master programme with a strong emphasis on management and administrational skills in combination with a fundamental technical understanding of mining operations, including exploration, extraction and mineral processing.

This programme, the Master in Arctic Mineral Resources, is expected to contain two study tracks, Mineral Entrepreneurship and Mineral Resource Management. Graduates of the programme are expected to be able to work as governmental specialists on mineral resource management issues on regional or national government level, working with the development of new mining projects within junior or large mining companies, performing similar tasks in consultancy companies, or starting their own businesses as consultants.

The programme addresses the strategic importance – but also challenges – of the Arctic environment, and is therefore co-developed and managed by the leading technical universities and geological surveys with experience of operating in the Arctic. Educating specialised experts in mining project development and management is expected to contribute to the realization of future mining projects particularly in the Arctic region.

Partnership

• Luleå University of Technology (LTU), Sweden (Lead Partner)
• Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU), Sweden
• University of Oulu, Finland
• Geologian tutkimuskeskus (GTK Geological Survey of Finland),  Finland
• Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

For more information, please visit the project web page.

Project duration: 15 October 2018 – 31 December 2018

Objective

The solution (technology)

The intent of the course will be that students gain the skills needed to set their engineering challenges in an innovation context as well as develop an entre/intrapreneurial way forward plans. Such way forward plans require students to demonstrate innovation and entrepreneurship, leadership, organizational, and cultural awareness. This will prepare the students for later industrial and academic work and leadership.

Partnership

• Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), Sweden (Lead Partner)
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
• Aalto-Korkeakoulusaatio (Aalto University), Finland
• Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

For more information, please visit the project web page.

Project duration: 01 January 2018 – 21 March 2021

Objective

This project will build knowledge and capacity in state-of-the-art circular economy and resource efficiency practices – in order to ensure that future graduate engineers have the skills to develop more sustainable processes in raw materials value chains. Partners from both countries with state-of-the-art CE and Resource Efficiency practices (Finland and Sweden) and RIS countries (Estonian, Italy and Poland) will work together to develop a course curriculum and digital course content.  The capacity of RIS partners to use the course to educate engineering students and support industry will also be built by training and supporting these partners.

The solution (technology)

Resource efficiency is increasingly important for the competitiveness of the European raw materials industry because of the significant amount of resources that are used in the extraction and material production processes.  Metals and minerals are also finite resources, so resource efficiency and CE practices are becoming increasingly crucial as a way of securing access to (critical) raw materials.

However, raw material processing, production processes and recycling processes all occur in different stages – and it is tricky to know how processes at one stage impact the cost effectiveness of that operation as well as resource efficiency and circularity elsewhere. Nonetheless, some companies and countries have worked out good approaches.  This project therefore aims to transfer knowledge and build capacity in other countries eastern and southern Europe.

The means by which the knowledge transfer will occur is that partners from both countries with state-of-the-art CE and Resource Efficiency practices (Finland and Sweden) and RIS countries (Estonian, Italy and Poland) will work together to develop a course curriculum and digital course content.  The capacity of RIS partners to use the course to educate engineering students and support industry will also be built by training and supporting these partners.

Experiences of RIS project partners will then be disseminated, with a view of using the course and its digital content, as well as the training and support approach, for transferring knowledge and building capacity more broadly outside this project’s partner consortium.

Partnership

• Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH Royal Institute of Technology), Sweden (Lead Partner)
• Aalto-Korkeakoulusaatio (Aalto University), Finland
• Hub Innovazione Trentino S.c.a.r.l. (HIT), Italy
• Jernkontoret, Sweden
• Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
• Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences (MEERI), Poland
• Politechnika Slaska (Silesian University of Technology), Poland
• Tallinna Tehnikaülikool (TTÜ Tallinn University of Technology), Estonia
• Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
• Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy

For more information, please visit the project web page.

Project duration: 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2023

Objective

The solution (technology)

This program will educate a new generation of technologists by complementing their deep technical knowledge and skills in raw materials disciplines with a sound knowledge in latest technologies and with the ability to integrate innovations and new technologies into feasible business solutions in the primary sector of raw materials.

Partnership

• Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, UPM (Technical University of Madrid), Spain (Lead Partner)
• Suomen Malmijalostus Oy (formerly Terrafame Group Oy), Finland
• Politechnika Wroclawska (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, WUST), Poland
• Outotec (Finland) Oy, Finland
• Metso Minerals Oy, Finland
• Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, Finland
• Geologian tutkimuskeskus, GTK (Geological Survey of Finland), Finland
• Atlantic Copper S.L.U., Spain
• Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas M.P., CSIC (Spanish National Research Council), Spain

For more information, please visit the project website.

Project duration: 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2023

Objective

The solution (technology)

The programme includes theoretical courses which will give an overview of the physics necessary for some introductory understanding of how the LSF techniques work as well as practical hands-on training at LSFs and workshops where the participants can bring their own problems to work on together with LSF experts.

Partnership

• Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), Sweden (Lead Partner)
• Institut polytechnique de Grenoble (Grenoble Institute of Technology, INP), France
• NOVITOM, France
• RISE IVF AB, Sweden
• RISE SWECAST AB, Sweden
• SSAB EMEA AB, Sweden
• University of Oulu, Finland

For more information, please visit the project website.

Project duration: 1 January 2016 – 31 December 2018

Objective

The solution (technology)

Establishing an internet platform for services, partners, and stakeholders, determination of the research and service infrastructure of MetLight, the definition of specialized and standardized services, development of the business plan (CANVAS), the creation of standardized contracts for customers and realization of marketing activities.

Partnership

• Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF), (Lead Partner) Germany
• Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, CSIC (Spanish National Research Council), Spain
• Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l’Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile (ENEA), Italy
• AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
• Bay Zoltan Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research, Hungary
• Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (German Aerospace Center – DLR), Germany
• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Fraunhofer), Germany
• Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (HZDR), Germany
• Instytut Metali Niezelaznych, IMN (Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals), Poland
• Lund University, Sweden
• Mondragon Corporation S. Coop., Spain
• Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania
• Politechnika Slaska (Silesian University of Technology), Poland
• Politechnika Wroclawska (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, WUST), Poland
• Technische Universiteit Delft (Delft University of Technology), The Netherlands
• Università degli Studi di Padova (University of Padova), Italy
• University of Limerick, Ireland
• Wroclawskie Centrum Badan EIT plus Sp. z o.o. (EIT+), Poland
• Zanardi Fonderie S.p.A, Italy

Project duration: 1 January 2016 – 31 December 2018

Objective

PilotMet is initially based on Metnet EIP Commitment with goals to incorporate this commitment into EIT RawMaterials which will both accelerate the establishment of the network and expand to other partners. The main objective of the project is to strengthen the competitiveness of the European mining and metallurgical industries by providing an overall solution for development, validation and upscaling of processes through pilot scale testing, employing the combined competences and equipment of the independent and collaborative network.

The solution (technology)

The main activities of the project are to map competences and equipment of the network and detect gaps based on input from a group of industrial end-users. This will result in a joint offer for piloting that will efficiently be marketed to target audience, the European mining and metallurgical industry. The project impact will effectively minimise the technical and financial risks for up-scaling and bring new processes to market fast and cost efficiently.

Partnership

• Swerea MEFOS AB, Sweden
• CEA, France
• Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Miniéres (BRGM), France
• Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals (IMN), Poland
• Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), Finland
• Eramet Research, France
• CRM Group, Belgium
• Elkem AS, Norway
• Extracthive, France
• Materials Processing Institute (MPI), UK

Find more details on the official website of the project.