Objective Every year in Europe the aggregate and industrial minerals industry produces around 1.35 billion tons of blasted rock. During the blasting operations an amount of around 270 million tons of material, smaller than 10 mm to 20 mm is generated. This material, around 20 % of the total production, is too fine to be used efficiently and therefore has to be put on waste dumps. The aim of the project is now to reduce this amount of lost material by 50 % through the adaptation of the explosives and timing procedure to the natural breakage characteristic of the rock. The project consortium is formed of nine partners from four EU member states and consists of the two major producers of explosives in Europe, a large Swedish limestone producer, a Spanish cement and aggregate producer with 11 quarry sites and an Austrian aggregate producer (SME operation) with 3 quarries. In addition four blast research centers are partners in the project. Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.3.-1. - Key Action Innovative Products, Processes and Organisation Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND METALLURGY Address Kaiser franz josef strasse 18 8700 Leoben Austria See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Boulevard saint-michel 60 75272 Paris See on map BITUSTEIN STRASSENBAUSTOFFE GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Hauptstrasse 39 3721 Limberg See on map CEMENTOS PORTLAND S.A. Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address C/ josé abascal, 59 28003 Madrid See on map DYNO INDUSTRIER A/S Norway EU contribution € 0,00 Address Roykenva 0106 Oslo See on map PARTEK NORDKALK STORUGNS AB Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address 62034 Lärbro See on map SWEDISH ROCK ENGINEERING RESEARCH Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address 41,mejerivaegen 2, 1st floor 100 29 Stockholm See on map UNION ESPANOLA DE EXPLOSIVOS SA Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Avenida del partenón 16, 5a p 28042 Madrid See on map UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address C/ rios rosas 21 28006 Madrid See on map
