Division of Mineral and Metallurgy at Luleå University of Technology

Division of Minerals and Metallurgical Engineering

The Division of Minerals and Metallurgical Engineering (MiMer) strive to be a national leader and an internationally recognized research, education and innovation environment for the development of processes and products that contribute to sustainable development.

The change will mean new demands on us all. Among other things, we must find more efficient and environmentally friendly way to produce those products society demands. To do so required the engineers who can develop new technologies, new materials and new processes.

Popular network for doctoral students in mining research

MINERS, a network for PhD students in research related to mining, metal production and exploration in Sweden currently has 35 members. The initiative for the interdisciplinary network came two years ago from the strategic innovation program SIP STRIM, with Luleå University of Technology as coordinator, and the interest is great.

Luleå University of Technology and Swerim strengthen collaboration

Luleå University of Technology and the metals research institute Swerim have signed a collaboration agreement on education, research and innovation.

In the media: The remains of the forest can become the gold of the mine

It is Sveaskog and Luleå University of Technology, which together with the mining company Boliden investigated the possibility of using environmentally friendly forest raw material to separate value minerals from rock in their enrichment processes.

Published:3 February 2014
Updated: 13 March 2017
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