MIN-NOVATION project partners final meeting in Krakow, Poland, 04...07.12.2013

MIN-NOVATION project Baltic Network Meeting in Poland is in Krakow, AGH University. Tallinn University of Technology is represented by TUT Department of Mining Professor Ingo Valgma, Specialist Vivika Väizene and Teaching assistant Veiko Karu.

MIN-NOVATION is aEuropean Union Baltic Sea project “Mining and Mineral Processing innovation Network for Samm- and Medium-sized Enterprises in Waste Technologies”. Project partners are from Poland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Estonia.

MIN-NOVATION aims to create a trans-national network with regional networks as building blocks of effective multi-lateral cooperation. The activities carried out on the regional and transnational level will secure better access to knowledge, state-of-the-art technologies and good practice to SMEs (small and medium enterprices) active in the mineral waste management & prevention sector. The project will address all the waste management challenges and opportunities which face the Baltic Sea Region mining industry, which should be understood as extending to all forms of extraction of natural non-renewable resources. 

MIN-NOVATION Baltic network (MBN) has set up with the essential role of facilitating diffusion of knowledge and good practices between regions. This will involve providing transnational feedback to regional issues, and elevating cross-regional issues to status of transnational priority areas.

MIN-NOVATION project is part R&D activity in Department of Mining and is related to the study of “Sustainable and environmentally acceptable Oil shale mining”, AR12007; „Backfilling and waste management in Estonian oil shale industry“, GRANT8123 - mi.ttu.ee/ETF8123; Doctoral School of Energy and Geotechnology work group "Sustainable mining" - egdk.ttu.ee

Additional information

Veiko Karu, Department of Mining

veiko.karu@ttu.ee

http://mi.ttu.ee/min-novation/ 

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MIN-NOVATION Mining and Mineral Processing Waste Management Innovation Network
http://mi.ttu.ee/min-novation/

Pilot unit test: Coal Waste from Poland

Estonia pilot unit: "Waste to product"

Test: Coal waste from Poland

Pilot unit: crushing bucket and wheel loader


Coal Waste from Poland


Preparations for taking samples for sieving


Sample for sieving test


Coal waste before crushing


Crushing with crushing bucket. Result: particle size 0 to 40 mm


Coal Waste after crushing


Analyzing parameters


Analyzing parameters


Sample from crushed coal waste



Preparations for separation process



Separation process


Befor separation


After separation


After separtion process: upper layer "Coal"


After separation process: lower layer "waste rock"


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MIN-NOVATION Mining and Mineral Processing Waste Management Innovation Network
http://mi.ttu.ee/min-novation/

MIN-Novation avakoosolek, 27...28.01.2011 Kracow

Poolas, Kracovis toimub 27...28.01.2011 projekti MIN-NOVATION avakoosolek ning sellega algab Läänemere piirkonna mäendusriikide võrgustiku töö.
Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli mäeinstituut on võrgustiku liige ning avakoosolekust võtab osa projektijuht Veiko Karu.

Võrgustiku ülesandeks on vahetada informatsiooni, leida parimaid lahendeid kaevandamise ja kaevandamisjääkide kasutamise paremaks teostamiseks Läänemere piirkonnas.

Projekti raames rajatakse neli testimiskohta, üks neist tuleb Eestisse.

Võrgustikku on kaasatud ülikoolid Poolast, Saksamaalt, Norrast, Rootsist, Soomest ja Eestist. Võrgustikku kuuluvad samuti ministeeriumite esindajad, mäeettevõtted, teadlased.

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MIN-Novation

Summary description of the project:

MIN-NOVATION aims to create a trans-national network with regional networks as building blocks of effective multi-lateral cooperation. The activities carried out on the regional and transnational level will secure better access to knowledge, state-of-the-art technologies and good practice to SMEs active in the mineral waste management & prevention sector. The project will address all the waste management challenges and opportunities which face the BSR mining industry, which should be understood as extending to all forms of extraction of natural non-renewable resources. The partnership consists of 12 core partners, who represent 5 EU-27 countries, and who include both local/regional authorities and innovation sources. The countries represented are PL, DE, FI, EE, SE, NO. The project activities will be facilitated by the commitment to participate by an additional 8 associated organizations representing mining industry stakeholder associations and/or national government bodies.

The main project activities will be:(in WP3) the organization of regional networks in 5 BS regions, the organization of a transnational (Baltic) network which wil provide transnational feedback to nat'l/regional issues and which will also secure the participation of regional, national and internat'l stakeholder organisations at key moments throughout the project;(in WP4) the development of guidelines for action, including on the transnat'l level and the working groups which will help implement them;(in WP5) the completion of transnat'l pilot investments, including follow-up activities, and follow up on the gudielines. The main transnational ouputs will be:(in WP3) SME database, a series of reports on the status of mine waste management in the BS region;(in WP4) compendium of technologies for waste management/prevention, Baltic guidelines and Declaration on Waste Management & Prevention;(in WP5) 4 pilot investments with follow-up activities.

The main expected results are a sustainable multi-sector network for supporting transfer of knowledge and innovation in the BSR to SMEs as well as sustainable regional networks carrying out activities meant to strengthen the SME sector in given countries of the BSR and influence policy related to mining and mineral processing waste management. A related expected result is a common, BSR-wide approach to select mining sector growth issues and effective action by the MINNOVATION transnational network on knowledge transfer issues found in EU-level policies on waste management/prevention and mining. MINNOVATION is the response to a clear need to tackle waste management/prevention issues for the entire life cycle of the mine and from a legal, financial and economic perspective, which requires multi-sector involvement. The relevance of addressing this topic is obvious if one notes that 29% of the total waste generated in the EU each year is from some type of mining activity.

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