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GTK’s Changing Role?
Pekka A. Nurmi, Ph.D., Prof.
Research Director
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GTK today
• Outlook on GTK financing and personel
• GTK new strategy?
• Research and innovation activities
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Green Mining
EU Horizon 2020
EIT Raw Materials concortium
Academy of Finland calls
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GTK today
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GTK figures: founded in 1886, expenditure 50 M€, staff 550
Three societal impact areas: minerals, energy and construction
Core activity:
• Survey and research of mineral resources and their sustainable use
• Provision of geoscience information and expertise for society and the business
sector
Global actor and desired partner for R&D and services based on geoscientific core
competencies
Active role in R&D and mineral policy issues in Finland and Europe
Peru
Bolivia
Chile
Ukraine
Central-Asia
Afganistan
Mongolia
Ethiopia C
Lao Vietnam
Uganda hi
Tanzania na
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Namibia
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Sambia
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GTK’s international project activities
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Geological modelling
Minerals sector R&I competence
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Fennoscandian geology and mineral potential
Economic geology and exploration techniques
Geoscience data management and modelling
Mineral beneficiation studies from lab to plant scale Mineral processing
Applied mineralogy and isotope geology
Mining environment research
Selected references:
• coordinator of the 17 M€ ProMine project (30
Metallogeny & databeses
partners from 11 countries)
• metallogeny compilations and databases on
Fennoscandia
• 100 annual contract surveys on mineral processing
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GTK Mintec Pilot Plant
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Capacity ranges from 0.5 tph up to 5 tph
Sample sizes typically from 50 to 300
tonnes
Plant automation and process control of
a high level, together with automatic
sampling systems, ensure the highest
quality results
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Member of the European PROMETIA Concortium
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Project Map of GTK Mintec
GTK Mintec performs commercial assignments for domestic and international mining
companies as well as participate in various joint-funded projects.
1750 projects including 250 pilot scale tests since 1988
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GTK Financing and Personel 2008 - 2016
70 000
1 000 €
700
60 000
Person years
50 000
600
500
Basic financing
40 000
400
Budget cuts
2013 -0.7 M€
2014 -1.3 M€
2015 -2.0 M€
2016 -2.5 M€ (preliminary fig.)
2017 -???
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30 000
20 000
10 000
300
200
100
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2008
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2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015 2016 enn.
tavoite
GTK Revenues from Mining Industry
M€
4
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2010
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2011
2012
2013
How to manage with decreasing funds?
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Continue to cut personel, costs and activities
– We cannot do everything we have done so far
– We have to have resources for new recruitment and building new
knowhow for strategic areas (existing and new)
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Find new sources for outside financing
– New commercial business areas and clients
– Expanding current commercial activities
– Expanding jointly financed R&I project activities (EU, Tekes,
Academy of Finland)
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GTK’s Strategy Process
New GM
Mika Nykänen, 1 Febr
2015 / Q1
Maaliskuu
Helmikuu
Valmistelu
2015 / Q2
Huhtikuu
Työstäminen
Toimintaympäristön
muutoksen arviointi
Kesäkuu
Mittarit
Uusi
strategia
Viimeistely
Mahdollisuuksien
tunnistaminen
Analysointi
ja kiteytys
Toimintaympäristön
muutokset ja GTK
Toukokuu
Valinnat
Tavoitteet
GTK:n perus- ja
Soveltavat tehtävät
Strategiaprosessin juoksutus
www.gtk.fi
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GTK new strategy and way to operate??
New spear heads
New business
New customers
areas
GTK basic role
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GTK's changing role in mineral exploration
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One of the main duties of GTK is to promote exploration and mining in
Finland. => INVEST IN FINLAND!
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GTK is responsible for national geoscientific mapping and the data which is
available in digital form, or as maps, reports and publications. => PUBLIC
NATIONAL DATA CENTER
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GTK's role is to explore and model main geological units and their ore
potential. All discoveries are tendered to the private sector through the
Ministry. => NEW INFORMATION ON MINERAL POTENTIAL
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Emphasis in the new strategy is to model important belts and leave detailed
exploration for companies
KOHONEN 30.5.2011 / GIC-26
GTK’s RDI promotes Green Mining
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Green Mining -ohjelma
12 hanketta käynnissä (+ 5 päättynyttä), yht. >12 M€
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Uusia malminetsintämenetelmiä herkille pohjoisille alueille - NovTecEX
Hajautettu kaivosvesien puhdistusjärjestelmä - SEEWAY
Kestävä kaivannaisteollisuus - SAM
Kaivosalueiden malminetsintäkonseptit ja teknologia - OKU Mining Camp
Kaivosten sulkemisteknologiaresurssi - Closedure
Ultrakeveitä malminetsintäme-netelmiä subarktisille alueille - Ultra Lim
Kaivosteollisuuden kompaktit yhdistelmäprosessit - CCCP
Kultarikasteiden esikäsittely bio- ja paineoksidaatiolla - PreGold
Tools for sustainable gold mining in EU– SUSMIN, (EraMin)
Kaivosten vesitaseiden ja veden laadun automatisoitu mittaus ja hallinta - WaterSmart
Dynaamisen kaivostoiminnan ohjaus - DynaMine
Unnamed Aerial Vehicles in Mineral Exploration and Mining Operations in the Arctic Areas of Finland (Eakr)
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ProMine, coordinated by GTK, selected as the
best completed technology project in the EU's
seventh Framework Programme 10.4.2014
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GTK´s EIP-Raw Materials Commitments
Acronym
Name
Coordinator
Period
Keywords
ExplOre
European Exploration Project
GTK
2014-2020
Exploration, geomodels
ALBATROSS
Alternative Blue Advanced Technologies for
Research On Seafloor Sulfides
ERAMET
2015-2020
Deep sea mining, geometallurgical models,
exploration
BioMOre
Alternative Mining Concept
Hatch International
2014-2018
Biofracking, metal recovery
EUMINET
European Minerals Information Network
EuroGeoSurveys
2014-2020
Data models, infrastructure, digital
information services
Platinum
Promoting research and innovation on
platinum and related metals
Université Grenoble
Alpes
2014-2019
Promotion of research, ore formation, mineral
exploration, refining
MetNet
European Pilot Plant Network for Extractive
Metallurgy and Mineral Processing
Swerea MEFOS
2014-2016
Processing, metallurgical systems, pooling
expertise
INBREV
Innovative New Hydrometallurgical Process
for Nb & REE Valorization from Pyrochlore
Ores
ERAMET
2015-2018
Processing, metallurgical systems, pyrochlore
ores, critical elements
SeaFlores
Breakthrough Solutions for Seafloor Mineral
Extraction and Processing
TECHNIP
2015-2025
Deep sea mining, pilot demo
REMIND
Responsible mining demonstrations:best
practice and capacity building
BRGM
2016-2018
Social acceptance, EU Responsible Mining
Charter
OPTIMIN2020
Optimizing the Minerals Policy Framework
at EU and National Levels by 2020
Montanuniversitaet
Leoben
2014-2020
Social acceptance, harmonization of national
mineral policies
RMinnovation
ETP SMR coordination of research and
innovation of raw materials issues
ETP SMR
2014-2020
Contact point for KIC, networking
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On-going projects in Horizon 2020
FAME - Flexible and Mobile Economic Processing, 2015 – 2018,
coordinated by Wardell Armstrong International, 16 partners from 7
European countries including e.g. GTK, Keliber Oy, LTU, 7.46
M€/GTK 409 625 €
• BioMOre - New Mining Concept for Extracting Metals from Deep Ore
Deposits using Biotechnology, 2/2015 – 1/2018, coordinated by KGHM
Polska Miedź S.A. (Poland) and the consortium includes more than 20
partners including e.g. GTK, VTT and TUT, 8.56 M€/GTK 136 616 €
• MIND - Development of the safety case knowledge base about the
influence of microbial processes on geological disposal of radioactive
wastes, 2015 – 2018, 4.7 M€/GTK 217 500€
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Selected Calls in Horizon 2020 (SC5 2016-2017)
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SC5-15-2016/2017: New solutions for sustainable production of raw materials
– SC5-15a-2017: New sensitive exploration technologies
– SC5-15b-2016: Sustainable selective low impact mining
– SC5-15c-2016: New technologies for the enhanced recovery of by-products
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SC5-16-2016/2017: Raw materials Innovation actions
– SC5-16a-2016: Intelligent mining
– SC5-16b-2017: Processing of lower grade and/or complex primary and/or secondary raw materials in
the most sustainable ways
– SC5-16c-2017: Sustainable metallurgical processes
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SC5-17-2016/2017: Raw materials policy support actions
– SC5-17a-2016: Public awareness, acceptance and trust in mining - Social Licence to Operate (SLO)
– SC5-17b-2016: Support to standardisation for recovery of critical raw materials from specific types of
waste
– SC5-17d-2017: Linking land use planning policies to national mineral policies
– SC5-17e-2017: Optimising collection of raw materials data in Member States
– SC5-17f-2017: EU network of mining and metallurgy regions
– SC5-17h-2017: Expert network on Critical Raw Materials
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European Institute of Innovation and technology
Raw Materials Knowledge and Innovation Community
Total turnout of business partners over € 200 billion
Collectively over 700,000 jobs
KIC Rawmaterials vision
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Knowledge & Innovation Themes
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Exploration and RM resource assessment
• Mining in challenging environments
• Increased resource efficiency in mineral and metallurgical processes
• Recycling and material chain optimisation for End-of-Life products
• Substitution of critical and toxic materials in products and for
optimised performance
• Design of products and services for the circular economy
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Pan-European network of excellence
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Baltic Sea Co-Location Centre
Based in the Otaniemi Campus in Espoo
Core partners:
Outotec
Sandvik
Höganäs
VTT
GTK
Aalto University
Oulu University
Kunliga Tekniska Högskolan
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Associated partners:
Metso
Spinverse
Lappeenranta Tech. University
Lund University
Tallinn Tech. University
FIMECC
Järnkontoret
KIC Rawmaterials impact
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KIC Rawmaterials: international scopes
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securing RM supply
developing new
markets
access to global talent
find opportunities to
close materials loops
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GTK:s intrests in KIC
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GTK Mintec, European pilot plant network: testing, up-scaling
and piloting
• Activities in developing and emerging resources rich countries
• Primary raw material data,information systems and knowledge
• Geometallurgy: material properties, characterization and system
design
• Deep exploration, sustainable mining and mining promotion
www.gtk.fi
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Finnish Academy Calls
STN
• Raw Materials and Energy in Circular Economy: systemic policy and
innovation action (RAMACE) VTT (koordinaattori, GTK, Aalto, OY)
• Solar thermal energy and seasonal bedrock storage impacts to Finnish energy
system and society (SOLROCK) GTK (koordinaattori), Aalto, Tulevaisuuden
tutkimuskeskus ja Vaasan energiainstituutti
• SmartSea - Gulf of Bothnia as a Resource for Sustainable Growth. IL
(koordinaattori), VTT,LUKE, HY, SYKE, GTK
• Solutions and tools for climate neutral land-use in resource efficient Finland.
LUKE (koordinaattori), Metsäkeskus, IL, GTK, Itä-Suomen yliopisto ja HY
FIRI – uudet avaukset
• RawMatTERS Finland Infrastructure (RAMI). Aalto, VTT ja GTK
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