Primary mineral resources – targeted call
Funding: €4 million. Funding period: 1 Sep 2014–31 Aug 2018
List of funded projects
Rapid analysis of minerals and rare earth elements by time-gated laser spectroscopy – LaseREE
Multiple lines of evidence in assessing ecotoxicological and human health risks of mine effluents and public perception
Mineral Systems and Mineral Prospectivity of Finnish Lapland
Safe, sustainable and selective methods for dissolution and recovery of noble metals
“Social license to operate”: a real tool or rhetoric? Examining the mining industry in Finland, Australia, and Canada
- Rauno Sairinen, University of Eastern Finland
- Tapio Litmanen, University of Jyväskylä
New Chelating Agents for Selective Extraction of Uranium (URAEXT)
Mineral resources and material substitution call 2014
Funding : €6.5 million. Funding period: 1 Sep 2015 – 31 Aug 2019
List of funded projects
Identification of potential flake-graphite ores in the Fennoscandian shield and utilization of graphene (FennoFlakes)
- Nils Olav Eklund, Åbo Akademi University
Thermoelectric Materials based on Earth-Abundant Oxides (TEOX)
Sustainable platinum group metal free catalyst materials
New laser and spectral field methods for in situ mining and raw material investigations
- Jussi Leveinen, Aalto University
- Juha Hyyppä, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute FGI
- Saara Kaski, University of Jyväskylä
- Juha Kostamovaara, University of Oulu
- Poster, Opening Seminar on 21 April 2016
Novel synthesis methods for porous ceramics from mine tailings
Development of novel electrodeionization system for recovery and recycling precious metals and rare earth elements from mining effluents
Advanced technologies for sustainable exploitation of uranium-bearing mineral resources
- Jouko Vepsäläinen, University of Eastern Finland
- Aino-Maija Lakaniemi, Tampere University
- Vesa-Pekka Lehto, University of Eastern Finland
- Raisa Neitola, Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
- Poster, Opening Seminar on 21 April 2016
High-performance geoscientific computing in multi-scale mineral potential studies
International call for joint projects in mineral resources research: Academy of Finland and NRF, South Africa, and Academy of Finland and CONICYT, Chile
Funding : €1.5 million. Funding period: 1 Mar 2016 – 28 Feb 2019
List of funded projects
Academy of Finland and NRF (South Africa)
Towards sustainable mineral processing via plantwide eMPC
On-line Risk Management in Deep Mines (ORMID)
Recovery of rare earth elements from phosphogypsum
Protocol development for evaluation of water-saving alternatives in minerals processing - “Bridging North to South”
Academy of Finland and CONICYT, Chile
Particulate matter in mines and mining environments
MISU Academy Programme: funding for international projects
Funding: €1 million, funding period: 1 Oct 2018 – 30 Sep 2021
List of funding decisions
Steps towards the use of mine tailings in geopolymer materias: reactivity, CO2 sequestration and heavy metal stabilization
- Mirja Illikainen, University of Oulu
Towards Sustainable Gold Recovery from Tailings (GoldTail)
- Mari Lundström, Aalto University
Geophysical and Geochemical Methods for Stope Design (GAGS)
- Mikael Rinne, Aalto University