eBook: Mining Industry Research Handbook

NESMI, the Network on European Sustainable Mining and Processing Industries started its work in April 2002. To recall the situation in which NESMI was established, some background have is essential. The mining industry still has significant importance for the European economy as well as significant impact on its ecology and regional development. The mining and adjacent industries produce about 9% of the raw materials required for the whole European industry. In some mining branches such as brown coal or NaCl production the European mining industry represents from 20% to 25% of the worldwide production. Mineral production in the EU is about 3 000 million tons per year, the largest mass producer in European industry. In the Eastern European countries the mining industry has additional high importance for employment. About 900.000 employees are working in mining production and adjacent companies in the European countries.

Contents:

Editorial
Introduction
Political context: EU policies and RTD

• Minerals in EU 25
• General EU policies of relevance
• EU communications
• Benefits of RTD in the mineral industries
• General context and state-of-the-art
• The EU and the extractive industry sector RTD
• Waste minimisation and resource management
• Ecological production and recycling
• Mineral processing and metallurgy
• Safety and health
• Education and training

The development of the RTD strategy

• Basic approach
• Collection of Information Needed
• Method of evaluation
• Basic statistics of the survey
• Identified competences and needs
• Research priorities and other actions
• Waste minimisation and resource management
• Ecological production and recycling
• Mineral processing and metallurgy
• Safety and health
• Examples from outside Europe

Initiating knowledge and technology transfer

• ESA workshop “Space Technologies and the Mining and Minerals Industry - DOWN TO EARTH –”
• NESMI-Workshop “Looking over the fence - new technologies for improved mining in Europe”

Improving education and training

• Efficient innovation management
• Funding Sources and procedures
• EU-Funding:
• National Funding
• Other funding

Conclusion
Annex

• List of NESMI partners and associated members

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eBook: Mining Industry Research Handbook