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.

Geometallurgy goes virtual! Mine visits by a virtual and interactive field trip

Due to Covid-19, our study trip within the M7008K Geometallurgy course planned in week 40 had to change the format. Now, a series of virtual and interactive field trips has been organized by LTU/Mineral Processing under the guiding topic "Geometallurgy in the Nordic Context (Sweden and Finland)".

Nominate a mining innovation for the Swedish Mining Innovation Award

Now is the time to nominate for the Swedish Mining Innovation Award! The award, which was instituted last year, is awarded by the national strategic innovation program Swedish Mining Innovation.

In the media: New Doctor in Metallurgy at LTU

On Tuesday, May 12, Ida Strandkvist successfully defended her doctoral thesis entitled "Minimization of chromium leaching from low-alloy electric arc furnace slag by mineral modifications", at Luleå University of Technology.

Published:3 February 2014
Updated: 13 March 2017
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