NordMin
A Nordic Network of Expertise for a
Sustainable Mining and Mineral Industry
Betty Christakopoulou , Luleå Tekniska Universitet, NordMin Management Team, Project Manager,
International Symposium on Northern Development , Quebec, February 25, 2015
Why a network in mining and minerals
industry?
• Everything we depend on is either made from
minerals or relies on minerals for its production
• Mining industry is an important factor for growth
• Access to metals and minerals is important longterm strategic issue for European high- tech
industry
Why a Nordic network?
• Largest mining region in Europe
• Host the largest industry of mining supplies in
Europe
• Good geological potential
• Common view on sustainability
Nordic Mining Industry
Characteristics
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Arctic areas
Sparsely populated regions
Less diversified regional economy
Indigenous people
Land use conflicts
Strong gender patterns
NordMin 2013 – 2016
• Funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers
• Budget 30 MDKK
• Management at LTU
NordMin Vision and Goals
• Create a platform for Nordic cooperation
• Increase global competitiveness & sustainability
• Connect stakeholders
• Address issues of mutual importance for both
extractive industry and society
• Initiate a dialogue on future challenges
Core Themes
CT1: Exploration
CT2: Mining
CT3: Mineral processing
CT4: Metallurgy
CT5: Mine closure and rehabilitation
CT6: Social sustainable, acceptable and
attractive mining industry and regions
Core actions
1. Workshops
2. Research and Innovation projects
3. Post graduate program with joint Nordic
courses
4. Preparatory projects
Workshops
Year
4 September
Country
Theme
2014
Sweden
Funding Possibilities
18-19 November 2014
Norway
Nordic Aggregates & Stones
23-24 March
2015
Iceland
Exploration on- and off-shore
May
2015
Sweden
Nordic Underground Mining
June
2015 Greenland Mining and Society in the Arctic
6-7
Autumn
2015 Denmark Sustainability
Spring
2016
Norway
Environment
Autumn
2016
Finland
Results from NordMin projects
Research and Innovation projects
• Crustal Structure and Mineral Deposit Systems: 3D-modelling of
base metal mineralization in Jameson Land and nickel mineralization
in Disko-Nuussuaq”
• Sustainable Fibres from Basalt Mining”
• Modelling dunite hosted PGE‐Ni‐Cu deposits in the Seiland Igneous
province”
• Nordic Mining and the search for women. Designing new gender
equality interventions”
• Water Conscious Mining
Research and innovation challenges
Improve
• exploration and mining technologies
• resource and energy efficiency
• best available technology
Reduce
environmental footprint
Change
• existing gender patterns
Post Graduate Education
1. “Minerals industry sustainability within a
Nordic context”, December 8-12, 2014
LTU, Sweden
2. “Water management in Mining Operations”
Autumn 2015, Finland
3. 2016 ,Norway or Denmark
Preparatory projects (PP)
• Costs for establishing a partnership
to develop ideas for leverage from
National, Nordic or International
(EU) sources
• Based on results from workshops
• Participation from at least 3 Nordic
countries
"NordMin Center of Excellence in
Sustainable Mining and Minerals”
(NordMinCoE)
NordForsk- program: Joint Nordic Initiative on Arctic
Research, "Responsible Development of the Arctic:
Opportunities & Challenges - Pathways to Action"
NordMin goes PDAC 2015
Nordic Mining Day on March 2nd,Toronto, Canada
“Ore potential, investment opportunities and
technology solutions for sustainable mining in
Fennoscandia”
(Full day seminar)
Steering Committee
SWEDEN
Mikael Gröning, (Chairman)
Deputy Director, Ministry of Enterprise,
Energy and Communications
[email protected]
FINLAND
Riikka Aaltonen
Senior Adviser on Mineral Policy
Finnish Ministry of Employment and the
Economy
[email protected]
ICELAND
Bryndís Guðrún Róbertsdóttir
Manager in Economic Mineral Resources
Orkustofnun, Icelandic National Energy
Authority
[email protected]
NORWAY
Erlend Opstad
Senior Adviser, Ministry of Trade and
Industry
[email protected]
DENMARK
Flemming Getreuer Christiansen
Vice Director, Geological Survey of
Denmark and Greenland
[email protected]
GREENLAND
Mathias Barfod
Ministry of Industry and Mineral
Resources
[email protected]
NORDIC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
Kenneth Ekberg
Senior Adviser
[email protected]
National contact points
ICELAND
Bryndís Guðrún Róbertsdóttir
Icelandic National Energy Authority
[email protected]
NORWAY
Jack Ødegård
SINTEF Materials and chemistry
[email protected]
FINLAND
Maija Uusisuo
Ministry of Employment and the Economy
[email protected]
SWEDEN
Pär Weihed
Luleå University of Technology (LTU)
[email protected]
DENMARK
Karen Hanghøj
Geological Survey of Denmark and
Greenland
[email protected]
GREENLAND
Hans Hinrichsen
Mining and Contracting School
[email protected]
Management
Luleå University of Technology (LTU)
Pär Weihed
[email protected]
Sabine Mayer
[email protected]
Betty Christakopoulou
[email protected]
www.nordmin-network.org
Thank you !