Mining ·
MineCuON project aims to develop an innovative copper ore sorting system for enhancing the energy-economic efficiency of the mining and processing operations, including reducing energy consumption for transport and processing, lowering the consumption of flotation reagents, decreasing the quantity and cost of fine-grained waste storage, and minimizing environmental impact. The technology development will eliminate the gangue and low Cu content particles from run-of-mine copper ores at the earliest possible stage of supplying to the concentrators. Different copper ores will be used to conduct a series of tests, including pilot-scale pre-concentration, as well as flotation enrichment. This project has received funding from EIT RawMaterials under Grant Agreement No. 24650. The high quality project consortium consists of 6 Project Partners and 5 Task Partners from six RIS (Regional Innovation Scheme) countries (PL, SK, CZ, RO, BG, ES), constituting a well-balanced assembly of industrial and academic: • KGHM Cuprum Ltd. Research & Development Centre • KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. • Technical University of Kosice • Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals • Comex Polska Sp. z o.o. • Central Mining Institute – National Research Institute • RIS Task Partners