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Jyväskylän Yliopisto, GTK,
Helsingin Yliopisto, Suomen
Ympäristökeskus sekä MET-
LA . Tähän aihealueeseen
liittyy kiinteästi GTK:n ja
VTT:n yhteisprojekti, jossa
kehitetään työkaluja, tieto-
kantaa sekä best practice
tekniikoita kaivosten sulke-
miseen. Voidaankin sanoa,
että kaivosten sulkeminen
on kiinteä osa kaivosten
suunnittelua ja sulkemista
tarkastellaan koko elinkaa-
ren ajan. Tämä on erityisen
tärkeää Suomen kaivoksilla,
jotka sijaitsevat usein lähel-
lä taajamia ja luontoalueita.
Kaikki edellä kuvatut
hankkeet, niin kuin jokainen
ohjelmassa mukana oleva
kehityshanke, tähtää siihen,
että kaivostoiminta Suomen
herkässä ja luonnonkauniis-
sa maastossa olisi myös tu-
levaisuudessa mahdollista.
Vastuullinen kaivostoiminta
Suomessa antaa myös lois-
tavan pohjan siihen liittyväl-
le vientiteollisuudelle.
KARI KESKINEN
Mineraalitalous
Tekes
KUVA 1
. Tällä hetkellä Green Mining ohjelmassa on käynnistynyt 51 projektia, joista julkisia tutkimusprojekteja on 28 ja
yritysprojekteja 23.
oiminnan edelläkävijäksi
Kestävä kehitys (13 M€):
Veden hallinta: 7 projektia
Päästöjen hallinta: 4 projektia
Sosiaaliset vaikutukset: 6 projektia
Malminetsintä (2 M€): 3 projektia
Kaivosten laitetekniikka (15 €): 3 projektia
Prosessikehitys (12 M€): 17 projektia
Energia- ja materiaalitehokkuus (2 M€):
5 projektia
Automaatio ja mittaus (6 M€): 6 projektia
Taulukko 1.
y of sustainable mining
pacts through compliance
with environmentally and
socially sustainable objec-
tives in the entire cycle of
extraction and beneficiati-
on process, and to ensure
alternative land uses follo-
wing mine closure. Green
Mining represents an active
effort to find improved wor-
king methods and operating
practices.
A central target is to in-
crease service business in
mining cluster and also de-
velop new business models.
Also, one goal was to inc-
rease the number of export
targeting SMEs enterprises
in the cluster and after two
years can be said that alrea-
dy few export targeting start-
up companies have been
established. Also compa-
nies from other industry are-
as have been started their
activities in mining cluster
with development project in
Green Mining Programme.
New mines in Finland
give a great possibility to
pilot totally new ways to
operate more eco-efficiently
and with more comfortab-
le working conditions. New
technologies (like remote
control, automation, new
technics etc.) with new wor-
king methods give a possibi-
lity to make a huge step in
work development. Also in
this area challenging pro-
jects have been launched.
New mines especially in
North and Eastern Finland
give a great opportunity to
increase wellbeing in those
areas. However, it is clear,
that sustainable and best
practices should be used
during the whole life cycle of
the mine. The target is that
people come to Finland from
abroad to learn, how mining
industry can operate sus-
tainable with local people
and environment. Of course,
this know-how offers also a
great possibility to increase
product and service export.
All Green Mining projects
should have ‘green thin-
king’, which:
•Promotes materials and
energy efficiency
•Ensures availability of mi-
neral resources for future
needs
•Minimises adverse envi-
ronmental and social im-
pacts
•Improves work and organi-
sational practices
•Ensures sustainable land
use following mine closure
Figure 1, table 1.
There are 51 on-going pro-
jects in the Programme, 28
public research projects and
21 company projects.
New environmental fri-
endly technologies are deve-
loped In Tekes Green Mining
Programme. Good examp-
les are 7 water treatment
projects. Research in these
projects are made by VTT,
Lappeenranta University of
Technology, Oulu University,
Geologial Survey of Finland,
Savonia and University of
Eastern Finland, Talvivaara,
Chemec and Sofi Filtrati-
on. In these projects new
and better water treatment
methods are developed.
For example new osmosis
technologies, new adsorp-
tion materials, new water
purification methods, mini-
mizing water use in flotation
and metal capture from was-
te waters. Large mine area
water balance project will be
started January 2014.
Sustainable mining also
means that mining opera-
tions go deeper in the fu-
ture. Long term target is to
minimize open pit mining. In
this focus area four projects
have been launched.
In Sandvik project are de-
veloped new underground
technologies, automation,
remote control, electric ve-
hicles and totally new ope-
rating concepts. Normet has
launched a project, where
intelligent control systems
for underground vehicles
are developed. Geological
Survey of Finland toget-
her with Helsinki University
research new exploration
technologies. New technolo-
gies can detect even 2-5 km
deep existing ores. In additi-
on, new deep mine informa-
tion systems are developed
in the project launched by
Oulu University and VTT.
Social impacts must be
considered during the who-
le life time of mine. Good
example of these projects
is METLA´s project, where
tourism and mining interac-
tions are researched. Also,
five different projects have
been launched, in which so-
cial impact tools, databases,
best practices and mine
closure are in focus. Those
projects will be done in co-
operation with University of
Lapland, VTT, University of
Eastern Finland, University
of Jyväskylä, GTK, Universi-
ty of Helsinki, The Finnish
Environment Institute and
METLA .
It can be said that mine
closure starts together with
mine planning and it con-
tinues through the whole
mine life cycle. This is impor-
tant especially for Finnish
mines, which are often loca-
ted near urban areas, tou-
rism sites or natural parks.
The target of all projects
mentioned above, like every
project in Green Mining Pro-
gramme, is to make mining
business possible in Fin-
nish sensitive and beautiful
landscape in North and Eas-
tern Finland. Sustainable
mining know-how gives also
good opportunities to export
sustainable clean tech pro-
ducts and services.
KARI KESKINEN
Tekes