Imagine giving a mine a digital brain and a green heart. It uses sensors and AI to predict accidents before they happen and robots to do the dangerous work. It also cleans up the water and waste left behind, turning trash into valuable materials.
Mining companies face deeper deposits, stricter environmental regulations, and a loss of social acceptance. They struggle to lower costs while increasing safety and production rates in challenging underground environments.
A suite of six digital modules including CYBERMINE (digital backbone), AUTOMINE (autonomous/electric ops), GEOMINE (stability monitoring), GREENMINE (environmental sustainability), METAMINE (mining metaverse/digital twins), and OURMINE (community trust tools).
If you are a mine operator dealing with dangerous underground environments and air quality risks — this project developed an intelligent methane drainage control system and real-time air quality digital twins that enable better ventilation and pollutant assessment.
If you are a water treatment company dealing with contaminated mine runoff — this project developed technologies for the recovery of raw materials from mine-impacted water, turning a waste problem into a resource stream.
If you are an equipment maker dealing with the need for electrification in tunnels — this project developed autonomous and semi-autonomous functionalities for electrified scaling machines in GNSS-denied environments.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or cost structures for the developed modules are not provided.
Yes, the project is being demonstrated across 5 EU demo cases and one replication demo in South Africa, involving 11 mines producing 10 different raw materials.
Based on available project data, there is no specific information regarding the licensing models or IP ownership of the developed modules.
The project uses CYBERMINE as a digital backbone to integrate various technologies, including Digital Twins and AI-based predictive maintenance for assets and vehicles.
The project period runs from 2022-12-01 to 2026-11-30, with integration and pilot-scale deployment occurring between months 19 and 36.
The consortium is heavily industry-driven, with 11 industrial partners (50% of the group) and 8 SMEs, ensuring the tools are built for commercial reality rather than just academic research. With 22 partners across 8 countries, the project has a broad geographic reach, including a strategic replication site in South Africa to validate global applicability.
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