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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.

In the media: Charlotte Andersson new program director at SMI

From the first of January, Charlotte Andersson is program manager at Swedish Mining Innovation, SMI, a position she previously held.

"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 engineering programmes and an international bachelor's programme.

Material projects awarded grants in record investment

Luleå University of Technology is awarded research grants for three new doctoral and postdoctoral projects in the first call within WISE (The Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability). WISE is the largest ever investment in materials science in Sweden and will be conducted at seven different universities.

Published:3 February 2014

Updated: 13 March 2017

By:Richard Renberg

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