Urgent Challenges for access to CRMs & mine water management

Urgent Challenges for access to CRMs & Mine water management

Swedish Metals & Minerals invites you to join this seminar and workshop where several ongoing projects will present an analysis of the current state-of-the-art and ongoing research in an international context for the urgent challenges addressed by their specific project.

The goals of the workshop are to disseminate the analyses, to provide a forum for networking for industry and researchers, and to identify Sweden's position and research needs that can guide Swedish Metals & Minerals as to how to continue to address these challenges in future actions.

Agenda

09:30 Registration & mingle

10:00 Welcome, Energimyndigheten – Jenny Köhler

10:05 Introduction to Workshop, Swedish Metals & Minerals – Lawrence Hooey

10:10 Presentations of State-of-the-art reports

TECTONiSM: Tectonic controls on critical raw material prospectivity in mafic intrusions: Towards a mineral systems model for Ni–Cu–(PGE) in northern Sweden – Luleå University of Technology

NAVIS – Innovative Deep Targeting in Viscaria Using a Novel Simultaneous Sparse Surface 3D Seismic Array with Integrated Downhole Hydrophone and Distributed Acoustic Sensing System – Uppsala University

Zymatic REE – Protein-based and selective extraction of Rare Earth Elements in water- and process streams – Pharem Biotech

10:55 Leg stretcher

UREM – Development of treatment technology for uranium separation from mine drainage – Uppsala University

NARMIN II – Proof of concept: Algae technology for mine water treatment – Luleå University of Technology 

PUREMINE – Sustainable purification technology for mining and metal industry water flows – Green chemical treatment system with steel industry slag by-products – Royal Institute of Technology

Water Wise Societies – Johan Strandberg, Work package leader, Innovation

12:15 Lunch

Afternoon Workshop

13:15 Industry Presentations on water challenges (three mining companies)

Parallel sessions (with coffee):

13:45 Water challenges: Round-robin networkning at industry stations & funders' station (Swedish Metals & Minerals, Water Wise Societies and Energimyndigheten)

13:45 Access to CRMs

Joint session:

15:00 Feedback, discussions & conclutions from each station & breakout session

15:30 Workshop close

15:30 – 16:30 Optional mingle with refreshments