The challenge’s identify is DINAMINE, which stands for “Digital and Revolutionary Mine of the long run.” Its major focus will likely be on the small and medium-sized mines that account for greater than half of the worth added in Europe.
Among the many applied sciences to be developed and demonstrated is a brilliant database system for real-time integration of varied varieties of info similar to geological and geophysical knowledge, mineral assets, geomechanics, mineral processing knowledge, tailings and environmental knowledge. The info system will likely be utilized together with the economical and sensible elements for holistic mine planning, monitoring, and managing.
The businesses concerned within the consortium additionally plan to create a machine vision-based expertise for enhancing rock engineering-related actions similar to rock mass mapping, optimizing rock blasting, and suggesting related stabilizing measures. This will likely be achieved by incorporating the expertise in a semi-autonomous jumbo drill.
Lastly, a real-time geomechanical monitoring expertise for underground openings and open pits can also be anticipated to be developed.
All the brand new techniques and options will likely be examined at two demonstration websites in Norway and Portugal, underneath the auspices of Norwegian Skaland Graphite and Portuguese Felmica Minerais Industriais, respectively. The take a look at websites have been chosen to be consultant of European areas, uncooked supplies, and worth chains.
Along with these two companies, different consortium members are the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, which is heading the three.5-year challenge; fellow Norwegian corporations and organizations AMV AS, SINTEF Nord AS, SINTEF AS and SINTEF Helgeland AS; Spain’s Worldsensing SL, Slovenia’s Nationwide Institute of Chemistry, Italy’s Ciaotech Srl and the Netherlands’ SPECTRAL Industries BV.
