Digging deep is a glimpse into some of the many things that the program has contributed to, helped create or enabled since the start in 2013. Our vision is a world-leading mining and mineral producing industry that contributes to a sustainable society. As one of Sweden’s strategic innovation programs our efforts have been towards innovation capacity, technology development, social acceptance and qualified personnel.
In the coming months, we will share examples, large and small, narrow and broad, where Swedish Mining Innovation and our partners have contributed the vision. Short and sweet, easy to understand, gathered under one of these three headings:
Future technology
Innovation drivers
Societal sustainability
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
Sweden’s bedrock has strong potential, but large areas remain under-explored. To access deeper deposits of base and critical metals, improvements in exploration methods are needed. One of Swedish Mining Innovation aims has been…
2024-11-07
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
Waste2Place rethinks how to deposit waste rock and create final landforms. Having the knowledge and tools to implement this, will help return mining disturb land back to people and nature. The Waste2Place project,…
2024-08-27
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
Addressing nitrogen emissions is part of the UN’s Agenda 2030 and a key issue across many industrial value chains. Much of the nitrogen in mining environments comes from ammonium nitrate-based explosives used in…
2024-06-24
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
Comminution is the process of crushing and milling rock extracted from the mine into fine particles. It is essential for transforming mineral bearing ores into metals and other industrial materials. The team at…
2024-05-23
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
Digitalization and automation strengthen the competitiveness of the mining industry through increased efficiency, work environment and environmental performance. While the development of AI and automation are at an early stage, the potential applications…
2024-05-07
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
Sweden and the Nordics are no exception to critical biodiversity loss. Until recently, the mining sector lacked a commonly accepted and science-based tool to assess, anticipate and manage impact from land use change….
2024-04-19
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
Around 20 million tons of Ammonium Nitrate (AN) explosives are used globally and causes significant CO2 greenhouse gas emissions and environmental issues. In addition they are hazardous to the environment and require high energy for…
2024-03-11
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
Creating a fossil-free and environmentally friendly mining industry requires the development of bio-based renewable reagents for beneficiation process. Flotation with xanthates is currently in widespread use in the beneficiation processes of base metals and gold….
2024-01-22
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
In 2021 RockSigma (former RS Solutions) was one of the two winners of the Innovation Idea Competition. They won with their fully automatic and self-learning calculation system, BEMIS, that provides fast and accurate information about seismic events,…
2024-01-18