Finnish Green Mining Program

Intelligent and minimum-impact mines

2011–2016

Harry Sandström

Project coordinator

Spinverse Oy

Peruvian mining delegation in Finland August

2014

03-2011 DM 775643

Strategic research areas

determined by the Strategic

Centres for Science,

Technology and

Innovation

Value creation based on service

solutions and intangible assets

Business in global

value networks

Renewing services and

production by digital means

Natural

resources and

sustainable

economy

Intelligent

environments

Vitality

of people

Tekes Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation Tekes actively seeks

international co-operation

and supports the

internationalization

of Finnish companies within

the focus areas.

Tekes RDI funding for

companies and research

organizations is

approximately 600 M€

annualy. Tekes runs

innovation programs and

promote commercialization

together with its partners

Spinverse promotes innovations globally

www.spinverse.com

Offices:

Finland: Espoo, Oulu

Russia: St Petersburgh

China: Shanghai

Finnish government is strongly committed in systematic development of mining industry

The Finnish Minerals Strategy 2010. The aims of the strategy

include reducing the environmental impacts of mining

EU Raw Materials Initiative 2008

Tekes Green Mining programme 2011

Concern over the availability of raw materials

Government action plan for sustainable mining and expertise

Vision 2050: the Finnish Minerals Strategy

Finland will be a global forerunner of the sustainable exploitation

of minerals, and the minerals industry will be one of the

cornerstones of our national economy.

Global

competitiveness

Secure supply

of raw materials

Regional

vitality Management

of the entire field

Solutions for

challenges of the

global minerals chain

Promoting domestic

growth and welfare

Reducing

environmental

impacts

The Finnish mining cluster much more than mines

Mining in Finland:

50 mines and quarries

12 metal mines

Turnover Euro 1,5 billion

4500 employees

Significant mining technology and service industry: Outotec, Metso, Normet, Sandvik, and a large number of SME´s with high growth potential

Metal refining in Finland:

17000 employees

Turnover Euro 10,8 billion

Concentrate export Euro 140 million Concentrate import Euro 2 billion

Green Mining

Tekes = Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation

Tekes mining programme that aims to make Finland into a forerunner

of responsible mining globally.

Duration: 2011–2016

Budget: EUR 60 million, of which Tekes will contribute about one half.

• Companies: EUR 20 million

• Public research institutes: EUR 10 million

www.tekes.fi/ohjelmat/GreenMining

Mining is an opportunity

Significant potential for minerals / high level know how / good infrastructure

New technologies, pilots etc.

Social licence to operate of mining increases in importance - more

efficient and environmentally friendly production methods are needed

Clean Tech products, processes, services

The programme supports Finnish SMEs operating in the mining sector and

strives to build up mining related business.

SME Export !

The Green Mining concept

Promotes materials and energy efficiency

Ensures availability of mineral

resources for future needs

Minimizes adverse environmental

and social impacts

Improves work and organisational practices

Ensures sustainable land use

following mine closure

Less energy used in process

Renewable energy utilized

Less side rock and wastes

Less water used and discharged

New ore reserves

Advanced exploration techniques

Mineral processing for low grades

Reduce of environmental footprint

and emissions

Maximize positive social impacts

Considering of stakeholder interests

Culture of continuous improvement

of safety, quality and environmental

performance of the companies

Mine closure plan is started

simultaneously with mine planning

and is updated regularly during the

whole life time of the mine

Green Mining program covers value chain from

exploration to mining

Exploration

Mining

Processing

Sustainability

Brown field exploration based

on integration of various

geophysical data sets

Geochemical exploration

Exploration on sensitive areas

Analytical methods Machinery automation

Mine wide data integration

Communication technology

”Mine internet” Bioleaching

Flotation

Grinding

Preparation methods

Process optimization by

measuements

Water processing: adsorption materials, membrane technology, reverse and forward osmosis

On-line monitoring of metals

Mine closer

Social issues: land use, conflicts of interest between stake holders

Management of arsenic and nitrogen discharges

Particulate emissions in mining

Current Green Mining status (79 on-going projects)

Company projects (39) Sandvik Fenno Aurum

Normet Sofi Filtration

Outotec Ima Engineering

Metso Keliber

Allu Finland Miilux

Talvivaara Avence Partners

Mustavaara Geosto

Endomines Oy Indmeas Industrial

Measurements Ab

Pyhäsalmi Oy Chemec Ab

Nordic Mines Talc Holding

Agnico Eagle Robit Rocktools

Heat-It Advacam

Sleipner Finland Herrmans

Levanto Global EcoProcess

Services

Geomachine Total costs 44 M€

Public projects (40)

Funding from companies 10%

104 funding companies

20 Mining companies

Service and techn. providers 84

Total costs 27 M€

DM 1199270 28.11.2013

Focus of Green Mining Public Research Projects

Exploration Mining Processing

Sustainability

NovTecEx UltraLim Brownfield

1,4 M€

Fleximine DynaMine

0.8 M€

Sorex, Nick, Maxi Devico, Raiku

0.6 M€ Renergy Minesteel Kulvak

Measurement, automation

Energy, material efficiency

Water Emission, Waste Social ADSMAT, FiDiPro Arsenal, Miniman,TREWA Dilacomi, Tourism-Mining PuMi, Smartwater HIME, GEOSULF Closedure, SAM SEEWAY Mine wastes SOLIMI

8.5 M€ (=Tekes funding)

REPRO CCCP Thiogold EnSaCo PreGOLD MineFilter PROSU MineSense Celmin Susmin

3.0 M€

2.4 M€

DM 1199270 28.11.2013

Focus of Green Mining Company Research Projects

Exploration Mining Processing

Sustainability

2.5 M€ Talvivaara Endomines Outotec Allu Finland Mustavaara Talc Holding Metso Minerals Keliber

Fenno Aurum, Advacam IMA Engineering, Geosto

Indmeas Industrial measurements

1.2 M€

Safety Water Talvivaara, Pyhäsalmi, Heat-It, Herrmans Sofi Filtration Global EcoProcess Services

Agnico-Eagle Finland, Nordic Mines Chemec 1,2 M€ (Tekes funding)

Miilux Avance partners

Measurement

Material efficiency

9.3 M€ Normet, Sandvik, Robit Rocktools, Sleipner, Levanto

0.2 M€

DM 1199270 28.11.2013

Green mining from Finnish perspective, not only environmental technology

Environmentally acceptable

Sustaibable use of raw materials

Net social aspects positive by constructive

communication with stake holders

Economic welllfare to whole the community

Continuous improvement of technical and

management processes

Strong and internationally networked mining cluster

Public research projects/ international co-operation

Exploration Mining Processing

Sustainability

Measurement

Technical University of Bratislava, Slovak

Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC),

Australia

Chalmers technical University, Sweden

University of Luleå , Sweden

University of Quebec, Canada

Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany

Technical University of Freiberg, Germany

Chien Mining company, Academy of Science, China,

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Applied autonomous sensor systems, Örebro Univ, Sweden CSIRO, Australia

University of Uppsala, Sweden IGME, Greece Geological Survey of Canada

Emission

University of Queensland, Australia

CSIRO, Australia

Luleå Technical University, Sweden

Centro Maria Molina, Chile

CICITEM, Chile

Mine closure

CMLR, University of Queenslandin,

Australia

KGHM Cuprumin Wojciech Mizera,

Poland:

Technical University of Federico Santa

María (UTFSM) Chile

Social

Fundacion de Chile

Mathematical Modeling Center of

the University of Chile CSIRO, Australia

University of Quensland, Australia

Luleå Univ. Technology, Sweden

Danish EIA centre, Denmark

Keevil Institute, University of British

Columbia, Canada

Mine waste

Norwegian University of Science and

Technology NTNU, Norway

Technical Univ of Freiberg,Germany State

Mining Institute,St Petersburg, Russia

Chile

Mining impacts

Mine emissions

Mine closure

Australia

Processing

Social

Measurement

Emissions

Sweden

Processing

Emissions

Measurement

Mine ICT

Green Mining

international co-

operation

PuMi – Purification and monitoring concept for mining water

Summary of ongoing projects

PARTICIPANTS

19 Research organizations

23 Mining and exploration companies

81 Technology and service companies

7 Municapilities and associations

45 International partners

PROJECT PORTFOLIO

Number of projects 69

Total budget 71 m€

Tekes funding 35 m€

Company funding 26 m€

Research organizations 10 m€

http://www.tekes.fi/en/programmes-and-

services/tekes-programmes/green-

mining/material/

Developing mining sector

innovation system

Purchasing management is still under development in the mining industry

End customer

End customer

Sub contractors

System

providers

Integrators

Sub

contractors

To foster mining sector innovation system, the bilateral cooperation might look like this

End customer

End customer

Sub contractors

System

providers

Integrators

Sub contractor

Component

providers

One of the key development areas to increase the productivity: From whole mine lifey cycle covering dynamic data aquisition towards better knowledge and understanding of the asset management

Measurements

Data transfer

Data management

Inormation transfer

Knowledge

From data aquisition to IoT and

”mining internet” towards better Selective mining

Haulage and transport cost savings

Less communition

Process optimization

Maintenance on demand

Action plan for development of sustainable extractive industries

Extractive industries have to be environmentally

socially and

economically sustainable

Coverage of the action plan

Mining industry

Aggregates industry

Natural stone industry

Metal refining

Technology and service providers related to extractive industries

Public administration and development of the business environment

Development of research and training

Recycling and life cycle aspects

Tekes/Anton Kalland

Tekes/Pasi Hytti

finstone.com/Jari Sandqvist

Players and focus areas in the Finnish action plan for sustainable extractive industries

Improved

competitiveness Industry

Good operating

environment Public sector

Co-operation

speeding

sustainability All parties

Continuous improvement

Open communications

Dialogue with stakeholders

Good administration

Encouragement & remuneration

Competence

Sustainable use of raw materials

Development of the operating environment

Growth through internationality

Export of technologies and services

Information management and communication

Agnico-Eagle Finland Oy

MU

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Further information www.tekes.fi/ohjelmat/GreenMining

Programme Coordinator

Mr Harry Sandström

Tel. + 358 400 709 899

harry.sandstrom@spinverse.com

Thank you for your attention!

From plan to implementation

• Agreed 35 actions will be competed by

2019

• Implementation and impacts are followed

by indicators for each activity and

measures for development of the sector

• Implementation and updating the action

plan is being lead by the steering

committee with representatives from the

industry, ministries and stakeholders

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