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Programme
Wed 26.11.2014
9.00
Seminar Kick-off: Research Professor Olli Salmi, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Plenary Session 1
9.15 – 9.55
Keynote 1: Professor Jean-Claude Bünzli, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Presentation: Rare earths: the vitamins of high technology
9.55 – 10.35
Keynote 2: Professor Pekka Nurmi, Research Director, Geological Survey of Finland
Presentation: The role of primary minerals in the circular economy
10.35 – 11.15
Coffee
Parallel Sessions
Parallel Sessions
11.15 – 12.15
Parallel Sessions 1 - Special Session: EMInInn. Venue: Bell
Mineral
resources and
sustainable
mining:
Edison 1
Time
Speaker
Topic
Speaker
Topic
11:15 - 11:35
Horst Hejny
(MIRO)
Intelligent Deep
Mining in the
Future –
Current Results
of the I²Mine
Project
Erja Turunen
(VTT)
Digital design and
systems engineering
in circular economy
11:35 - 11:55
Vesa Nykänen
(GTK)
ExplOre –
European
Exploration
Project –
Digging Deeper
John Ågren
(KTH)
Integrated
Computational
Materials Engineering
and the Materials
Genome
Ahmad
Mardoukhi
(TUT)
Dynamic
Tensile
Strength of
Thermally
Shocked
Balmoral Red
Granite
Susanne Coles
(VTT)
11:55 - 12:15
12.15 – 13.20
Material design
and
substitution of
critical raw
materials:
Edison 2
Relevance of critical
raw materials for the
European economy –
Analysis of energy,
transport and ICT and
electronics sectors
Lunch with Poster Session
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- Janne Paaso (VTT) / Novel optical measurements for mineral processing control
- Pirjo Seppälä (University of Oulu) / Ore Breakage Tests and Process Simulations
- Michela Pasquali (UNIBS) / Reuse of stabilized fly ash, containing heavy metals, as new raw materials for
several applications
- Päivi Kivikytö-Reponen (VTT) / RMC on substitution under extreme conditions
- Inga-Liisa Paavola (UH) / Potential industrial symbiosis products title – Review of EU and Finnish policy
and legal framework
- Mika Naumanen (VTT) / Research and patenting trends in sustainable mining
- Olli Salmi (VTT) / Mineral Economy Programme (MINECON) and Flexmet hydrometallurgy platform for
recovery of critical metals
- Justin Salminen (VTT) / Critical metals recovery and recycling - Hydrometallurgy
- Jarno Mäkinen (VTT) / Minerals and Geomicrobiology Research for Recovery
- Malin Bomberg (VTT) / Characterization of the bacterial and sulphate reducing community of closed
Kotalahti Mine alkaline mine water
13.20 – 15.00
Parallel Sessions 2 - Special Session: EMInInn. Venue: Bell
Mineral
resources and
sustainable
mining: Edison
1
15.00 – 15.30
15.30 – 17.30
Material design
and substitution
of critical raw
materials: Edison
2
Time
Speaker
Topic
Speaker
Topic
13:20
13:40
Stephen, Fraser
(CSIRO)
Beyond Mine Automation: The
Konstantinos
Rock Factory and The Common Komnitsas (TUC)
Mine Model
Life cycle assessment
of process options for
FeNi production in
Greece
13:40
14:00
Luis, Martinez
(ROMPEV PTY
LTD)
Sustainable Long Term
Production Scheduling Based
on Metal Grade Uncertainty
Lauri Smalén
(Nokia Oyj)
Life cycle
methodology to
assess Nokia Flexi
Mounting Kit’s
resource efficiency
14:00
14:20
Jouni Vuollo
(GTK)
Geoscience Data Transfers
Standards: EarthResourceML
and GeoSciML, tools to deliver
mineral resources data in EU
and globally. The EU-MKDP
example
Kati Valtonen
(TUT)
Application oriented
wear testing enables
sustainable material
solutions
14:20
14:40
Daniel Cassard
(BRGM)
The Minerals4EU Knowledge
Data Platform for managing
Web-based mineral resources
information in Europe
Helena WessmanJääskeläinen
(VTT)
Sustainability aspects
in remanufacturing
14:40
15:00
Eugene Lakay
(MINTEK)
Intelligent integration of mineral
processing technologies for
sustainable mining waste
treatment
Dr. Bjørn
Sandberg
(ELKEM)
Up-Grading of
Wastes
Coffee
Parallel Sessions 3 - Special Session: EMInInn. Venue: Bell
Mineral
resources and
sustainable
mining: Edison
1
Material design
and substitution
of critical raw
materials: Edison
2
Time
Speaker
Topic
Speaker
Topic
15:30
15:50
Aurela SHTIZA
(IMA-Europe)
Addressing societal
challenges and
opportunities through
STOICISM: an industrial
mineral focused FP7
project
Santiago CuestaLópez (UBU)
Substitution of Critical Raw
Materials in high value
alloys, super alloys and high
T alloys targeting the power
generation and aerospace
European industry value
chains
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15:50
16:10
Mona Arnold
(VTT)
Sourcing waste and low
grade resources for
Phosphorous
Marjaana Karhu
(VTT)
Sustainable material design
aspects through WC/Co
substitution case study
16:10
16:30
Elina Saarivuori
(VTT)
Role of water in
sustainable mining
Dr. Mathias Woydt
(BAM)
Niobium and its compounds
for a reliable value chain,
More with less
16:30
16:50
Nina, Wessberg
(VTT)
Perspectives and
openings for tools to
develop processes of
Social License to
Operate in Finnish
mining industry
Mirja Illikainen
(UO)
Substitution with
geopolymer materials
16:50
17:10
Martiya Sadeghi
(SGU)
Metallogenetic or genetic Jenni Ylä-Mella
distribution and
(UO)
resources of industry
vitamin (REEs) in Europe
Electronic waste as a source
of indium: Drivers and
constraints
17:10
17:30
Jason Yang
(GTK)
Europe’s Rare Earth
Deposits, Mineralogy
and Beneficiation
EU Critical raw materials in
Hungary – a review of a
complex research project
Imre GOMBKÖTŐ
(UNI-MISKOLC)
Scandinavian Buffet Dinner Innopoli 2 at 17:30 – 20:00
Thu 27.11.2014
Plenary Session 2
9.00 – 9.30
9.30 – 10.00
Keynote 4: Professor Kari Heiskanen, Aalto University
Keynote 5: Dr Karel Van Acker, KU Leuven
Presentation: Closing the circle – the (mis)match between policy research and technology development
10.00 – 10.30
Coffee
Parallel Sessions
10.30 – 11.30
Parallel Sessions 4
Management
and policy in
the mineral
economy:
Edison 1
Time
Speaker
10:30 - 10:50
Roope Husgafel Sustainability in
Jeroen
(Aalto)
mining industry Spooren
how to measure it? (VITO)
10:50 - 11:10
Robert Utter
11:10 - 11:30
11.30 – 12.15
Recycling
and recovery
of valuable
raw
materials:
Edison 2
Florian
Flachenecker
(UCL)
Topic
Speaker
Topic
Feasibility study for
Cr recovery from
stainless steel slag
Mining
development and
transactions Proctical
considerations on
mining and
environmental
legistlation
Martina
Petranicova
(Chalmers)
Investment in
resource efficiency
- An analytical
assesment
framework and
review of evidence
Cristian Tunsu
(Chalmers)
Recovery of Rare
earth elements from
end-of-life fluorecent
lamps
Recovery of metals
from spent car NiMH
batteries by
hydrometallurgical
methods
Lunch with Poster Session (continuing from day 1)
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- Lehtonen Marja and Kauppila Päivi (GTK) / Modern FE-SEM-EDS-based techniques for characterizing
sulphide mine tailings
- Lahaye Yann, O'Brien Hugh, Lukkari Sari and Lehtonen Marja (GTK) / Monitoring trace element budgets
in the environment and for exploration purposes using a new versatile (LA) ICP-MS design
12.15 – 14.35
Parallel Sessions 5
Management
and policy in
the mineral
economy:
Edison 1
Recycling
and
recovery
of
valuable
raw
materials:
Edison 2
Time Speaker
Topic
Speaker
Topic
12:15 Mari Kivinen
(GTK)
12:35
Governing international mineral flows: challenges
created by knowledge and human needs
Matti
Lampinen
(LUT)
Thiosulphate
leaching
system for
gold
production
from primary
and
secondary
sources
Justin
Salminen
(VTT)
Recovery of
rare earth
and byproduct
metals from
streams
12:35 Johanna
Kohl (VTT)
12:55
12:55 Susanna
Suomalainen
13:15 (UEF)
Towards higher impact of research and innovation
on European mineral economy - Accelerating
competitiveness and sustainability
Towards greener mining: Comparison of legal
frameworks and policy instruments to improve
resource efficiency in mine tailings management
13:15 Topi Turunen
(UEF)
13:35
Antti
Häkkinen
(LUT)
John
Bacher
(VTT)
Beneficiation
of Metals in
assembled
printed
circuit board
by means of
flotation
Chemicalmineralogical
sorting of
mineral
construction
and
demolition
wastes for a
better
recovery
End-of-waste products and internal market
14.15 – 14.45
14.45 – 15.15
Treatment of
solid waste
from the
mining
industry
13:35 Casper
Herler (TBA)
13:55
Social licensing and regulatory compliance of mining
in the Finnish operating environment
Mirko
Landman
(IAB
Weimar)
13:55 Mariana
Galvão Lyra
14:15 (UEF)
How national variations in governance affect the
social licence on mining
Timo
Developing
Haapalehto raw
(VTT)
materials
into a major
strength for
Europe
14:15 Tapio
Litmanen
14:35 (UJ)
The social license to operate: Exploring and testing
its assumptions, preconditions and limitations in the
case of mining in Finland
TBA
TBA
Coffee
Wrap-up and closing
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Mr Kari Keskinen, Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation TEKES
Prof. Olli Salmi, VTT Technological Research Centre of Finland
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