MATLAB workshop
11 Apr. 2023 13:00 – 12 Apr. 2023 16:30 , A1545:

The Centre of Advanced Mining and Metallurgy (CAMM) and Swedish School of Mines (SSM) together with MathWorks planned two days (April 11-12) hands-on MATLAB workshop on Symbolic Math and Curve Fitting.

"We invest in and educate competence for the green transition"

When the world implements the green transition, both research and education are needed. For the mining industry, Luleå University of Technology now launches Swedish School of Mines. This includes research that extends along the entire mineral and metal value-chain, several master's and civil enginee...

CAMM workshop on Image Processing and Deep Learning

The workshop is for researchers and students of LTU that intend to or are interested to learn more about image processing (image segmentation, morphology, and 3D volumetric image processing) and deep learning (training deep neural networks on cloud, image classification, and DL models) tools in MATL...

Vattenfall's award for the best doctoral thesis in 2022

Joel Andersson, researcher and assistant university lecturer in ore geology at Luleå University of Technology, is awarded Vattenfall's prize for the best doctoral thesis in 2022.

CAMM, a strong research centre for mining and metallurgy

Northern Sweden is taking lead in transition to a green society with mining and metallurgical industry being major players. . Much of today's and the future's applied research in the mining industry and metal extraction originates in CAMM, Sweden's mining-oriented research initiative with needsdrive...

Future Research

CAMM, Center for Advanced Mining and Metallurgy, has played an important role since 2010 when Luleå University of Technology, LTU, has consolidated its position as the leading university in the Nordic region for research and education related to mining and metal extraction.

Critical metals found in Swedish alum shale

Metals of various kinds will be needed for a long time to come, not least to cope with the transition to battery-powered vehicles and other green technology. Sweden's bedrock can contribute to the extraction of critical metals that the EU demands; for example vanadium and rare earth metals, importan...

Mineralteknik har utvecklat ett småskaligt malbarhetstest - Geometallurgical Comminution Test (GCT)

En småskalig testmetod har utvecklats baserade på kraven i geometallurgiska studier om malmvariabilitet och tillgängliga provmängder. Testet kräver endast 220 g provmaterial och kan genomföras inom 2,5–3 h.

QanTmin Laboratories

Laboratories for quantititative target mineralogy (QanTmin) are now installed in F-building and also open for users after registration.

Method development for final storage of arsenic

From mines and smelters some waste containing high levels of arsenic will occur. Today, this waste ends up at different landfills, but in a new research project, Luleå Technical University's professor Jurate Kumpiene will develop a method for safe final storage of arsenic.

Design of selective collectors for the separation of valuable minerals from mining waste

Formas is funding a new project for the project "Design of selective collectors for the separation of valuable mineral from mining waste". Anna-Carin Larsson and Anuttam Patra at Chemistry of Interfaces at Luleå University of Technology, was awarded three million SEK.

A delegation from the China University of Geosciences in Beijing visited LTU/CAMM

A delegation from the China University of Geosciences in Beijing (CUGB) visited LTU on Tuesday 2 October 2018 and discussed possible collaboration in research and education with the Pro Vice-Chancellor Pär Weihed, the head of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering (...

Unique drone maps Sweden's geology

Environmental monitoring, detecting fractures in open-pit mines, and gathering crucial information about how ore deposits form. Luleå University of Technology's new custom-made drone is equipped with camera and magnetometer and can be used for a wide range of purposes.

In the media: Malå receives visits from Africa - education in mines and the environment

The educators come from the Swedish Geological Survey (SGU), the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Luleå University of Technology. After education, they will get to work with everything they learned and implement it in their organizations in Africa. After 10 months, trainers from Sweden wi...

Training miners in Zambia, Tanzania and Ethiopia

Researchers in applied geochemistry at Luleå University of Technology will, together with SGU and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, educate personnel from the the mining industry in Zambia, Tanzania and Ethiopia. The project will run for a five-year period and will be funded by SIDA.

Debate: Immoral not to produce metals

Pär Weihed in SVD Opinion/Debate. End Replica in the debate on the mining industry.

A red hot research area: Mining

The mining area is red hot. The Swedish Government, the EU and many funders are investing lots of money to support research and industry related to mining activities.

Debate: Mining without plundering - Cooperation lifts the research

Debate article by Peter Larsson, Public Policy Director of the Swedish engineers, and Pär Weihed, professor and director CAMM (Centre of Advanced Mining and Metallurgy) at Luleå University of Technology.

In the media: Pär Weihed on a new research center in Luleå

Ett jättelikt europeiskt forskningscenter i Luleå med inriktning mot råvaror och mineral och med hela 500 anställda.

Published:15 August 2016
Updated: 22 March 2023
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