Integrated Modular Plant and Containerised Tools for Selective, Low-impact Mining of Small High-grade Deposits

Project Information

IMPaCT

Grant agreement ID: 730411

DOI 10.3030/730411

Project closed

EC signature date 27 October 2016

Start date 1 December 2016

End date 30 November 2020

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

Total cost € 6 991 820,00

EU contribution € 6 991 820,00

Coordinated by

THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
United Kingdom

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (12)

Paper: water quality

Manuscript on transfer functions for the prediction of water quality.

Training plan

A jobs creation and training plan to inform business models for developing MPE provision.

Policy briefing document

Policy briefing document.

IMPaCT in society

Manuscript: the potential contribution of IMP@CT mining to modern society (UNEXE lead with support from multiple partners

Paper: best practice

Manuscript on development of best practice for modelling geological uncertainty in small high-grade deposits for switch-on mining.

Paper: best practice H&S

Manuscript on ‘analytical tools for assessing best H&S practice in SOSO mining’.

Paper: new solutions

Joint publication on New solutions for sustainable production of raw materials (Month 42)

Paper: social LCA

Manuscript on ‘integrating Social Life Cycle Analysis into SOSO mine planning’.

Modelling framework

Modelling framework for assessing the effect of metallurgical variability.

EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment for modular mobile plant operations.

Paper: policy for paradigm changes

Manuscript on ‘policy developments to support paradigm changes in mining practice to reduce environmental and social impacts.

Simulation tool for production planning

Manuscript on the simulation tool, underlying methods and some example results.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (6)

Project website

Establishment of project website (month 4)

Baseline database

Baseline database of small complex deposits for switch on – switch off extraction.

Conference report 1

Website-based report of 1st annual conference of small deposit miners (month 15)

Conference report 2

Website-based report of 2nd annual conference of small deposit miners (month

Update of existing platforms

Update of existing data platforms.

Website links

Updated links to project website (Month 4)

Other (5)

Promotional materials

Project leaflet and banner (month 4)

Linkage schematic

Document within final report, including diagrammatic abstract of linkage with other projects, outlining the influence of other projects on the development of the work programme (Month 42)

Final dissemination events

Final dissemination events (months 40-42)

Paper: MMPS use cases

Manuscript on MMPS use cases. Lead IMPERIAL.

Stakeholder group

Establishment of project Stakeholder/Advisory Group.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (5)

Rethinking the concept of small-scale mining for technologically advanced raw materials production

Author(s): Olga Sidorenko, Rauno Sairinen, Kathryn Moore
Published in: Resources Policy, Issue 68, 2020, Page(s) 101712, ISSN 0301-4207
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101712

Stibnite froth flotation: A critical review

Author(s): Juliana Segura-Salazar, Pablo R. Brito-Parada
Published in: Minerals Engineering, Issue 163, 2021, Page(s) 106713, ISSN 0892-6875
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2020.106713

Infrared Thermography: A method to visualise and analyse sulphide oxidation

Author(s): Marjan Knobloch, Bernd G. Lottermoser
Published in: Minerals, Issue 10,933, 2020, ISSN 2075-163X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/min10110933

The re-direction of small deposit mining: Technological solutions for raw materials supply security in a whole systems context

Author(s): K R Moore, N Whyte, D Roberts, J Allwood, D R Leal-Ayala, G Bertrand, A J Bloodworth
Published in: Resources, Conservation & Recycling: X, Issue 7, 2020, Page(s) 100040, ISSN 2590-289X
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcrx.2020.100040

A research framework for studying social impacts: Application to the field of mining

Author(s): Rauno Sairinen, Olga Sidorenko, Heidi Tiainen
Published in: Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Issue 86, 2021, Page(s) 106490, ISSN 0195-9255
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2020.106490

Non-peer reviewed articles (2)

Resourcing modern industries by responsive mining solutions

Author(s): Kathryn Moore
Published in: Open Access Government, Issue 22 (April 2019, 2019, ISSN 2516-3817
Publisher: Adjacent Digital Politics

IMPaCT, Integrated Modular Plant and Containerised Tools for Selective, Low-impact Mining of Small High-grade Deposits, Horizon 2020

Author(s): Kathryn Moore
Published in: Impact, Issue 2018/8, 2018, Page(s) 27-29, ISSN 2398-7073
Publisher: Science Impact Ltd
DOI: 10.21820/23987073.2018.8.27

Monographic books (1)

Of Earth, For Earth: the meaning of a mine

Author(s): Kathryn Moore, Dana Finch, Bridget Storrie
Published in: Of Earth, For Earth, Issue 1, 2020, ISBN 978-1-5272-7662-8
Publisher: Kathryn Moore

Conference proceedings (1)

Geoenvironmental modelling of hydrothermal stibnite - quartz deposits

Author(s): Bernd Lottermoser, Marjan Knoblock
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering RWTH Aachen University
DOI: 10.18154/rwth-2020-09909