Innovative Technologies and Concepts for the Intelligent Deep Mine of the Future

Project Information

I²MINE

Grant agreement ID: 280855

Project closed

Start date 1 November 2011

End date 31 March 2016

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies

Total cost € 25 922 250,80

EU contribution € 15 999 203,00

Coordinated by

LUOSSAVAARA-KIIRUNAVAARA AB
Sweden

Objective

The mine of the future will exploit mineral raw materials at greater depths than today, requiring completely different approaches compared to today’s deep mines, in order to get mineral rights. Only these eco-efficient mines will contribute to improved access to domestic mineral resources, secure the supply of mineral raw materials for Europe and reduce the import dependency.
IntelliMine will contribute to realise these concepts of invisible, zero-impact and safe mines. The mine of tomorrow will run an integrated concept. All operations necessary for the eco-efficient provision of the minerals including waste management will be carried out underground. This will drastically reduce the volumes being transported, minimising above ground installations and thus the environmental impact.
IntelliMine will develop innovative methods, technologies, machines and equipment for the safe, eco-innovative, intelligent and economical exploitation of mineral raw materials in the EU, including maintenance issues, especially at greater depths. It will investigate autonomous, highly selective mineral extraction processes and machinery based on new sensor technologies as well as innovative concepts for mass flow management and transportation. Such investigations have to be accompanied by rock mechanics and ground control issues as well as health, safety and environmental issues.
The concept of an invisible, zero-impact mine requires a refined process underground that selectively extracts the minerals and therefore reduces waste production closer to the mineralisation. Therefore improved near to face processing methods including backfill procedures need to be developed. The necessary level of automation in mining operations can only be achieved by reaching a higher level of integration in all parts of a mine. Fully integrated underground technologies and processes for diagnosis and extraction as well as communication, health and safety issues are the key for the success of the concept.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › waste management
• social sciences › sociology › industrial relations › automation
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › sensors

Programme(s)

• FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies

Topic(s)

• NMP.2011.4.0-2 - Advanced underground technologies for intelligent mining and for inspection, maintenance and excavation

Call for proposal

FP7-NMP-2011-LARGE-5
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Funding Scheme

CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project

Coordinator

LUOSSAVAARA-KIIRUNAVAARA AB

• EU contribution: € 675 560,00
• Address: POBOX 952 ; 971 28 Lulea ; Sweden
• Region: Norra Sverige › Övre Norrland › Norrbottens län
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Kent Tano (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (25)

AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR

Finland

• EU contribution: € 589 542,00
• Address: OTAKAARI 1 ; 02150 Espoo
• Region: Manner-Suomi › Helsinki-Uusimaa › Helsinki-Uusimaa
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Mikael Rinne (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

HITACHI ENERGY SWEDEN AB

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 134 700,00
• Address: Kopparbergsvagen 2 ; 721 83 VASTERAS
• Region: Östra Sverige › Östra Mellansverige › Västmanlands län
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Jan Nyqvist (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

AGNICO-EAGLE FINLAND OY

Finland

• EU contribution: € 54 700,00
• Address: POKANTIE 541 ; 99250 Kiistala
• Region: Manner-Suomi › Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi › Lappi
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: André Van Wageningen (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

BOLIDEN MINERAL AB

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 272 580,00
• Address: . ; 932 81 Skelleftehamn
• Region: Norra Sverige › Övre Norrland › Västerbottens län
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Craig Griffiths (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

CATERPILLAR GLOBAL MINING EUROPE GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: € 808 199,00
• Address: INDUSTRIESTRASSE 1 ; 44534 LUENEN
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Michael Myszkowski (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

GLOWNY INSTYTUT GORNICTWA - PANSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY

Poland

• EU contribution: € 557 493,00
• Address: PLAC GWARKOW 1 ; 40-166 Katowice
• Region: Makroregion południowy › Śląskie › Katowicki
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Stanisław Prusek (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

COMMODASULTRASORT GMBH

Participation ended

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: FELDSTRASSE 128 ; 22880 WEDEL
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Hartmut Harbeck (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

TOMRA SORTING GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: € 805 245,00
• Address: OTTO HAHN STRASSE 6 ; 56218 Mulheim Karlich
• Region: Rheinland-Pfalz › Koblenz › Mayen-Koblenz
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Hartmut Harbeck (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

DMT GmbH & CO. KG

Germany

• EU contribution: € 996 839,00
• Address: AM TUV 1 ; 45307 Essen
• Region: Nordrhein-Westfalen › Düsseldorf › Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Christine Rams (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

EuroGeoSurveys - EGS

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 192 000,00
• Address: Rue Joseph II 36-38 ; 1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
• Region: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Luca Demicheli (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV

Germany

• EU contribution: € 389 493,00
• Address: HANSASTRASSE 27C ; 80686 Munchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Walter Krause (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

GEODATA ZIVILTECHNIKERGESELLSCHAFT MBH

Austria

• EU contribution: € 229 120,00
• Address: HANS KUDLICH STRASSE 28 ; 8700 LEOBEN
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Klaus Rabensteiner (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES - INERIS

France

• EU contribution: € 1 246 360,00
• Address: PARC TECHNOLOGIQUE ALATA ; 60550 Verneuil En Halatte
• Region: Hauts-de-France › Picardie › Oise
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Christophe Didier (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

K+S Aktiengesellschaft

Germany

• EU contribution: € 1 145 200,50
• Address: BERTHA VON SUTTNER STR 7 ; 34131 Kassel
• Region: Hessen › Kassel › Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Johann-Christoph Thiele (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

KGHM CUPRUM SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA - CENTRUM BADAWCZO- ROZWOJOWE

Poland

• EU contribution: € 852 750,00
• Address: UL GENERAŁA WŁADYSŁAWA SIKORSKIEGO 2-8 ; 53-659 Wrocław
• Region: Makroregion południowo-zachodni › Dolnośląskie › Miasto Wrocław
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Witold Pytel (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

KOMPANIA WEGLOWA SA

Poland

• EU contribution: € 226 500,00
• Address: UL POWSTANCOW 30 ; 40 039 KATOWICE
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Marek Szarafinski (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 2 338 136,00
• Address: UNIVERSITETSOMRADET PORSON ; 971 87 Lulea
• Region: Norra Sverige › Övre Norrland › Norrbottens län
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Jan Johansson (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

BASF CONSTRUCTION CHEMICALS EUROPE AG

Switzerland

• EU contribution: € 366 000,00
• Address: VULKANSTRASSE 110 ; 8048 ZURICH
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Tom Kurth (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

Mineral Industry Research Organisation

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 688 460,00
• Address: Copt Heath Drive 78 ; B93 9PB Solihull
• Region: West Midlands (England) › West Midlands › Solihull
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Robert A Fenton
• Total cost: No data

RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN

Germany

• EU contribution: € 1 520 969,00
• Address: TEMPLERGRABEN 55 ; 52062 Aachen
• Region: Nordrhein-Westfalen › Köln › Städteregion Aachen
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Ernst Schmachtenberg (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

SANDVIK MINING AND CONSTRUCTION GMBH

Austria

• EU contribution: € 92 642,50
• Address: Alpinestrasse 1 ; 8740 Zeltweg
• Region: Südösterreich › Steiermark › Westliche Obersteiermark
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Egmont Lammer (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V KOSICIACH

Slovakia

• EU contribution: € 783 514,00
• Address: LETNA 9 ; 042 00 Kosice
• Region: Slovensko › Východné Slovensko › Košický kraj
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Anton Lavrin (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

VSH HAGERBACH TEST GALLERY LTD

Switzerland

• EU contribution: € 661 200,00
• Address: POLISTRASSE 1 HAGERBACH ; 8890 FLUMS
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Maximilian Wietek (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

COMPUTER CONTROL TECHNOLOGY SRO

Slovakia

• EU contribution: € 372 000,00
• Address: JESENNA 1 ; 08 005 PRESOV
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Martin Grejták
• Total cost: No data

DRAGER SAFETY AG & CO KGAA

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: REVALSTRASSE 1 ; 23560 Lubeck
• Region: Schleswig-Holstein › Schleswig-Holstein › Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Jianhua Guo (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data