In the media: Nikolaos develops the explosive technology of the future

Nikolaos Petropoulos participates in an article in the latest LKAB magazine entitled "Nikolaos develops the explosive technology of the future". Nikolaos Petropoulos divides his time between LKAB and Luleå University of Technology.

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.

SIP STRIM becomes Swedish Mining innovation

The strategic innovation program for the mining and metal-producing industry SIP STRIM has worked for six years to strengthen Swedish competitiveness and gather the Swedish mining cluster for sustainable innovation. On June 1, the program enters a new three-year program period under the new name Swedish Mining Innovation, a name that more clearly signals the program's area of operation. The host organization for the program is Luleå University of Technology.

Dissertation in Mining and Rock Engineering

1st of April Gurmeet Shekhar in the division of Mining and Geotechnical Engineering successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled "Draw control strategy for sublevel caving mines – A Holistic approach", in which he has optimized the loading procedures in LKAB’s mines.

In Remembrance of Professor Emeritus Ove Stephansson (1938-2020)

We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of our friend, colleague and mentor, Professor Emeritus Ove Stephansson.

The MineFacts information material is now available as a web page

Minefacts is a collection of facts about mining, exploration, permitting process and sustainability from the EU body EIT RawMaterials, which is intended to be used by anyone who is in any way involved in mining.

Daniel Johansson, Professor in Mining and Rock Engineering

Daniel Johansson wants to understand in depth how the disintegration of rocks looks like blasting in mines. The goal is to solve technical challenges so that in the future we will be able to mine ore more efficiently and sustainably.

Jenny Greberg in Podcast: Swedish technology changes the world's mining industry

Jenny Greberg is Associate Professor of the research group in Mining and Geotechnical Engineering at Luleå University of Technology.

Swedish Mining Innovation Award

SIP STRIM Swedish Mining Innovation Award recognizes an innovation, project, organization, individual or other that is extremely important for innovation in Swedish mining.

Jenny Greberg in Italian CBIT TV: The need to increase metal and mineral production in Europe

Block Cave Ventilation, Electric Vehicles, and Zero Emission Mining

OZ Minerals is an Australian based mining company focusing on copper. Currently, OZ Minerals is developing a new mine called Carrapateena located in South Australia, approximately 460 km north of the State capital Adelaide. Carrapateena will initially use Sublevel Caving (SLC) as the mining method but is also looking at transitioning into a Block Caving (BC) operation beneath the SLC footprint, as part of the Carrapateena Expansion Project.

Measurement While Drilling

OZ Minerals is an Australian based mining company focusing on copper. Currently, OZ Minerals is developing a new mine called Carrapateena located in South Australia, approximately 460 km north of the State capital Adelaide. Carrapateena will initially use Sublevel Caving (SLC) as the mining method but is also looking at transitioning into a Block Caving (BC) operation beneath the SLC footprint, as part of the Carrapateena Expansion Project.

In the media: VR mining is tested in Luleå

Luleå University of Technology and LTU Business participate in the EU's largest mining project, SIMS. At nine test sites in four countries, mining machines and communication technology are tested with the aim of developing the sustainable mines of the future.

In the media: Now abandoned mines can be room for large-scale energy storage

Most of the abandoned mines that exist today are not used for other purposes. A mine can thus become a perfect reservoir, a storage for the water for the Pumped Hydro technology. Old mines would therefore fill a function again, when it is no longer active for mining, it says Jenny Greberg, associate professor and researcher in mining and rock technology at Luleå University of Technology.

Published:16 January 2019
Updated: 24 June 2020
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