Network on European Sustainable Mining and Processing Industries

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Network on European Sustainable Mining and
Processing Industries
www.
.net
COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH April 2002
March 2005
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Agenda 27 March 2003
10.00 12.00 Steering Board Meeting 12.30
13.30 Registration Lunch possible Registration
for the 28 March lab tour 14.00 Official opening
of the meeting 14.00 15.30 Plenary Session
Introduction remarks (5 mn) Presentation of
brgm by Alain Beauce (10 mn) Review of the
first year of activity (15 mn) Introduction to
cluster group discussion by WP leaders (1h) 15.30
15.45 Coffee 15.45 18.15 Separate WP clusters
18.30 Bus to AnchorAge Hotel 20.00 Welcoming
speech (Mr Caristan) Diner at the AnchorAge
Hotel 
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Agenda 28 March 2003
8.30 (Only!!) 1 Bus transfer to brgm 9.00
11.00 Synthesis of the meeting (the first step
towards a joint RTD strategy) more time in
separate clusters if needed 11.00
11.15 Coffee 11.15 12.00 Short information on
FP6 and official closing of the meeting 12.00
13.00 Lab Tour 13.00 14.00 Lunch at
brgm 14.15 Optional Visit to the Loire Castle
of Chambord 17.00 End of the Visit 18.00 Back at
the Hotel
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Network on European Sustainable Mining and
Processing Industries
www.
.net
COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH April 2002
March 2005
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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 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 is 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.

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NESMI Main objectives
NESMI will run 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

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NESMI Workplan 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 sientific reserch
• x.3 Building up qualified information sources for
  project, reserch, education and funding systems
• x.4 Developing of RTD strategy
• x.5 Dissemination of results

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NESMI The advantage
Common situation
Networking
- Focussed internally - Constaints in
information flow
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NESMI Achievements and Activities so far

• Building up of NESMI web site
• Collecting RTD project information
• Drafting of RTD guide
• Promotion of NESMI at various occasions
• Result Attraction of more than 60 Associated
  Members
• First NESMI newsletter
• Launching MISSTRES

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NESMI Ongoing work

• Set up and publishing the 2nd release of the
  NESMI website (www.nesmi.net)
• NESMI promotion on European workshops /
  conferences as well as overseas
• Network expansion by acquiring additional new
  Associated Members
• Collecting the fundamental content for the
  RTD-Database
• Design of the RTD-Database
• Preparation of NESMI Newsletters

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NESMI Next activities

• Draft progress report and cost statement
• Further accompanying and supporting MISSTRES
• Carrying out next steps towards a RTD strategy
  for the sector
• Preparation of the next NESMI Newsletter
• Continue NESMI promotion on European workshops /
  conferences as well as overseas
• Preparation of a NESMI conference in Prague in
  autumn 2003

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NESMI What do we expect from the cluster
meetings

• To make a significant step forward in terms of
  analysing the RTD situation in each particular
  field of work
• To identify future RTD needs, how to evaluate the
  current RTD situation
• Everybody to contribute actively
• A set of ideas of what a RTD strategy could be
• Ideas for the content of the NESMI information
  platform

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NESMI
Thank youfor your attention
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MISSTRES Proposal FP6
Mining Industry Sustainable Solutions To
Reinforce Europe's Society
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MISSTRES Basics
No of partners 77 IND 27 RES 22 HE 22 OTH
6 SME 13 No of countries 21 No of
additional supporters 9 Estimated
duration 5 years Budget 34,1 Mio (18,2
Mio) Co-ordinator DMT (provisionally)
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MISSTRES Objectives

• To lead the European extractive and minerals
  processing industry to radical changes in
  production and organisation
• To improve the competitiveness of the sector on
  globalised markets in the future
• To provide world class RTD by aiming at
  developing real breakthrough technologies
• Restructuring and intensification of the RD
  activities
• Tackle all fields of the supply chain of basic
  materials

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MISSTRES Scope of work

• Designing the mine of tomorrow life cycle of
  operations- New exploration techniques for
  improved identification and exploitation of
  special deposits- Particularly Deep Mining
  improving the sustainability of existing and
  future reserves- Improving competitiveness and
  safety in existing and future mines -
  automation and robotics in mining - New process
  technologies - Reducing the environmental
  footprint - Innovative concepts

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MISSTRES Scope of work (cont.)

• Designing tomorrows products life cycle of
  products - Sustainable gold mining -
  Sustainable perlite processing and use - New
  resources for and better quality of ceramic
  refractories
• Risk management- Risk management - supply level
  - Risk management - product level - Risk
  Management - operations level
• Knowledge management

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MISSTRES Proposal FP6