Projects

Primary mineral resources – targeted call

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
  Saara Kaski, University of Jyväskylä
  Mircea Guina, Tampere University of Technology
  Heikki Häkkänen, University of Jyväskylä
  Juha Kostamovaara, University of Jyväskylä

• Multiple lines of evidence in assessing ecotoxicological and human health risks of mine effluents and public perception
  Jussi Kukkonen, University of Jyväskylä
  Timo Huttula, Finnish Environment Institute
  Ilkka Miettinen, National Institute for Health and Welfare
  Rauno Sairinen, University of Eastern Finland
  
  
• Mineral Systems and Mineral Prospectivity of Finnish Lapland
  Ferenc Molnár, Geologial Survey of Finland
  Eero Hanski, University of Oulu
  
  
• Safe, sustainable and selective methods for dissolution and recovery of noble metals
  Timo Repo, University of Helsinki
  
  
• “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)
  Heikki Tuononen, University of Jyväskylä

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)
  Maarit Karppinen, Aalto University
  
  
• Sustainable platinum group metal free catalyst materials
  Kari Laasonen, Aalto University
  Tanja Kallio, Aalto University
  Esko Kauppinen, Aalto University
• 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
  
  
• Novel synthesis methods for porous ceramics from mine tailings
  Jouko Niinimäki, University of Oulu
  Päivi Kivikytö-Reponen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
  Erkki Levänen, Tampere University
  Marja Liisa Räisänen, Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
  
  
• Development of novel electrodeionization system for recovery and recycling precious metals and rare earth elements from mining effluents
  Mika Sillanpää, Lappeenranta University of Technology
• 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)

• High-performance geoscientific computing in multi-scale mineral potential studies
  Jan Westerholm, Åbo Akademi University
  Eevaliisa Laine, Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)

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
  Sirkka-Liisa Jämsä-Jounela, Aalto University
  
  
• On-line Risk Management in Deep Mines (ORMID)
  Mikael Rinne, Aalto University
• Recovery of rare earth elements from phosphogypsum
  Tuomo Sainio, Lappeenranta University of Technology
  Pertti Koukkari, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
  Jason Yang, Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
• Protocol development for evaluation of water-saving alternatives in minerals processing - “Bridging North to South”
  Pekka Taskinen, Aalto Univeristy

Academy of Finland and CONICYT, Chile

• Particulate matter in mines and mining environments
  Hilkka Timonen, Finnish Meteorological Institute
  Jorma Keskinen, Tampere University

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