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Results of NESMI Networking 2002
2005 Identifying the Needs of the Sector
Dr. Horst Hejny Dr. Horst Hejny Consulting, P.O.
Box 10 01 48, 46521 Dinslaken, Germanyalso on
behalf of Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH, Am
Technologiepark 1, 45307 Essen, Germany
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Structure of the presentation

• Introduction
• Context
• Approach developing a RTD strategy
• Some results of the survey
• Future research needs
• Conclusions and outlook
• Acknowledgements

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Structure of the presentation

• Introduction
• Context
• Approach developing a RTD strategy
• Some results of the survey
• Future research needs
• Conclusions and outlook
• Acknowledgements

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NESMI - Background

• The mining and minerals industry has significant
  importance for the European economy
• In the Eastern European countries our industry
  sector has additional high importance for the
  employment.
• Nearly all branches of the European industries
  directly or indirectly use mining products.
• Due to the global competitiveness, the arising
  problems in all mining branches need to be
  pointed out and resolved.

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Problems of the industry sector

• Environmental problems...
• Economic problems...
• Health and Safety problems...
• Various national and EU-Regulations

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Problems of common RTD activities

• Parallel development of techniques, processes and
  products often occurs due to similar problems in
  different mining areas
• Small and medium-size companies do often not have
  access to important research programmes
• Building up of knowledge is too slow
• Research transfer into production is too slow
• Effective involvement of supplementary sectors is
  not taking place
• Concentration on main topics is not given
• The dissemination of results is inefficient
• Research efforts do not yield ecological aspects

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NESMI Priority objective

• The priority objective of NESMI was to establish
  and develop European networking for the mining
  and mineral processing industries,
• considering - different mining regions
• - different mining branches
• by participation of - producers
• - suppliers
• - research organisations
• - universities and
• - associations.

42 members from 15 countries, 70 associated
members from 20 countries overseas
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NESMI Main objectives
NESMI has been running for 3 years particularly
having the following main objectives

• To increase knowledge and standardisation on RTD
• To disseminate RTD results
• To initialise common and RTD projects
• To initialise benchmarking for quality and
  transfer of research activities and its targets
• To optimise transfer of technologies and
  information
• To increase mining and processing education
• To increase quality in eco-efficient production
  and in resource management

Final result Common RTD needs for the sector
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Structure of the presentation

• Introduction
• Context
• Approach developing a RTD strategy
• Some results of the survey
• Future research needs
• Conclusions and outlook
• Acknowledgements

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Context - Basics

• The European extractive industry is a major
  industrial sector within the EU
• Consumption of metal depend to large extend on
  mines outside Europe
• Industrial minerals are mined in Europe but
  import/export ratio depends on the particular
  mineral
• Recycling of industrial minerals is considered
  impractical
• 30 of total energy generation is provided by
  coal
• Extractive industrys output will double in the
  EU25

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Context - Legislation

• Sustainable development
• Sustainable use of mineral resources
• Thematic strategy on recycling and waste
  minimisation
• Safe operations of mines and others extractive
  operations
• Work programme for safety and health

RTD is necessary to meet all requirements of EU
legislation
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Context Industry challenges

• EU legislation affects all parts of the raw
  material supply chain
• Industry is looking for improving competitiveness
• Challenge in terms of RTD Combine and integrate
  economic and legislative constraints as well as
  the interests of the society and the industry

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Structure of the presentation

• Introduction
• Context
• Approach developing a RTD strategy
• Some results of the survey
• Future research needs
• Conclusions and outlook
• Acknowledgements

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NESMI Development of the RTD strategy
According to the Amsterdam treaty, the RTD
strategy should identify the research needs of
the sector

• to maintain competitiveness
• to optimally serve all EU policies

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NESMI Work packages

• WP 1 Building up the Network structure
• WP 2 Waste Minimisation and Resource
  Management
• WP 3 Recycling and ecological production
• WP 4 Market and competitiveness
• WP 5 Eco-efficient and intelligent mineral
  processing and metallurgy
• WP 6 Health Safety
• WP 7 Dissemination of Results
• WP 8 Management

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Work plan of content work packages (WP 2-6)
x.1 Analysis of RTD
x.5 Dissemination
x.2 Integrating research activities
x.4 RTD strategy
x.3 Information sources

• x.1 Analysis of RTD
• x.2 Integrating industrial and scientific
  research
• x.3 Building up qualified information sources for
  project, research, education and funding systems
• x.4 Developing of RTD strategy
• x.5 Dissemination of results

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NESMI - Questionnaire

• General purpose
• Survey of competence and demand situation in
  various fields related to the sector (following
  the raw material supply chain, from exploration
  and extraction to rehabilitation considering also
  information and communication technologies) to
  obtain valuable information as basis for
  developing a RTD strategy
• Asked Basic information on organisation,
  research budget and implemented RTD
  strategiesDemand and Competence in various
  fields ranked from 0 to 10Particular
  questions related to our different
  WPPersonalised data

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Questionnaire evaluation Indicator ranking
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Questionnaire evaluation Weight factors
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Other action carried out

• Interviews with companies on their individual RTD
  strategies and other topics related to the scope
  of NESMI
• Collection of information on ongoing and recently
  finished projects
• Analysis of innovation processes in some mining
  organisations
• Identification of funding sources for public
  funded projects
• Exchange of experiences with overseas
  organisations

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Structure of the presentation

• Introduction
• Context
• Approach developing a RTD strategy
• Some results of the survey
• Future research needs
• Conclusions and outlook
• Acknowledgements

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Results - Overview
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Results - Overview
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Results Overview Needs
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Results Overview Competences
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Results Automation and Navigation Technologies
434 weighted entries
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Results Automation and Navigation Technologies
Industry
Research
258 weighted entries
177 weighted entries
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Results Automation and Navigation Technologies
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
386 weighted entries
49 weighted entries
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Results Automation and Navigation Technologies
IndustryWestern Europe
IndustryEastern Europe
250 weighted entries
9 weighted entries
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Results Automation and Navigation Technologies
ResearchWestern Europe
ResearchEastern Europe
137 weighted entries
41 weighted entries
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Structure of the presentation

• Introduction
• Context
• Approach developing a RTD strategy
• Some results of the survey
• Future research needs
• Conclusions and outlook
• Acknowledgements

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Future research needs

• Economic and geopolitical forecast
• Geology and exploration
• Eco-efficient technologies for production of
  minerals
• LCA methods
• Recycling
• Efficient remediation and rehabilitation
  techniques
• Processing methods for newly demanded types of
  industrial minerals

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Future research needs

• Energy consumption
• Safety and health issues
• Education and training

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Structure of the presentation

• Introduction
• Context
• Approach developing a RTD strategy
• Some results of the survey
• Future research needs
• Conclusions and outlook
• Acknowledgements

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Conclusions

• NESMI has initiated networking within the sector
  and has proven the advantages gt
• Such a research network needs to be maintained
  and cultivated
• Networking and involvement of end-users is
  essential for future improvements in terms of
  sustainability and competitiveness
• Joining of forces is necessary to improve the
  standing of the sector

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Conclusions

• Results gave a good overview of the demand and
  competence situation in Europe, although not 100
  statistically confident in any case
• Work resulted in a comprehensive overview of
  future research needs along the raw material
  supply chain and in cross-sectional topics
• Work also showed the demand for improved
  technology transfer activities

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Conclusions

• Industry funded research is clearly driven by
  productivity improvements
• Public funded research is environment- and
  public-oriented
• Receiving public funding demands public interest
  of the problem
• Challenge for future projects Combine and
  integrate economic and legislative constraints as
  well as the interests of the society and the
  industry

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Conclusions

• Future projects have also to take into account
  the whole life-cycle of a product and should have
  an adequate long-term perspective
• It seems that public funded projects are more and
  more demanded to support policy making rather
  than to solve fundamental problems

ETP EPMR European Technology Platform
on Extracting and Processing Mineral Resources
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Structure of the presentation

• Introduction
• Context
• Approach developing a RTD strategy
• Some results of the survey
• Future research needs
• Conclusions and outlook
• Acknowledgements

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Acknowledgements
Thanks to
European Commission, DG Research, Dr. A.
Adjemian All members and associated members of
NESMI
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Acknowledgements
Thanks to
The WP leaders Remy Pélon, brgm Ioannis
Paspaliaris, Univ. Athens Martin Rossmann,
DSK Eric Forssberg, Univ. Lulea Egmont Lammer,
Voest Alpine Corina Hebestreit, Euromines
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Acknowledgements
Thanks to
NESMI Steering Board WP leaders Fergus Anckorn,
Scott Wilson Mining Chris Cross, Rio Tinto DMT
team Martin Schmid Heinrich Schultheis
Christian Medrow Knut Hirsch