Strategies and indicators for mining safety

Purpose and goal The purpose of the project is to improve the safety of the mining industry based on lessons learned, experiences and principles from successful national and international examples, with the goal…

Diversity, gender equality and attractive workplaces in the Swedish mining industry

Purpose and goal The strategic research and innovation agenda for the Swedish mining and metal producing industry (STRIM 2017–2020) contains visions for nine research and innovation areas. This project focuses on the areas…

Test and evaluation of mechanical tunneling with TBS

Purpose and goal Mechanical tunneling will improve the competitiveness of the mining sector, as mechanical tunnelling is expected to enable a higher productivity, a more environmentally friendly production process and a safer working…

Phoenix mine drone

Purpose and goal We have focused in the areas below with very useful results for the development of the future Phoenix mine drone: 1. Propeller aerodynamics 2. New drone concept. 3. Increase the…

VRSE system

Innovation Idea competition winner 2017 Purpose and goal Investigate and determine a business model, monitoring system and management system for virtual training scenarios that gives the user ability to see and measure the…

Accurate indoor and underground positioning

Innovation Idea competition winner 2017 Purpose and goal The goal was to investigate the use of position information like GPS in vulnerable environments such as mining and industry, as well as developing evaluation…

Roadmap for reducing accidents in the Swedish mining industry

Purpose and goal The pre-study investigated the accident development and safety initiatives in two Swedish mining companies during the last 30 years. We also studied the accident trend in general for the Swedish…

SafePos II – Safety positioning for the mining industry II

Purpose and goal The goal is to enable detailed positioning of emergency personnel in case of a fire in the mine and thus increase safety for both the mining and rescue personnel. The…

Undoing gender in the innovation system of the Swedish mining industry – a pilot study

Purpose and goal The aim is to identify and describe gendered patterns, structures and discourses of the Swedish and global mining industry’s innovation systems. We show that although the global mining industry displays…