NEXT-GEN SIMS: The biggest European project in mining automation and robotics
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NEX-GEN SIMS, one of the biggest European projects in mining is in the news of the Swedish TV - Our drones will be very busy for the next 3 years.
Luleå University of Technology is the only Swedish university that participates in a new large project on autonomous carbon neutral sustainable mining. In EU-funded NEXGEN SIMS, technology, methods and processes that will enable a more sustainable and efficient carbon neutral mining operation will be developed.
The three-year project has a budget of SEK 169 million, of which close to SEK 43 million goes to Luleå University of Technology.
– It is great that we continue the successful work that began with the SIMS project as early as 2016. Digital mining systems are crucial for the sustainable mining industry of the future. The new project consolidates the University's role as Europe's mining university and strengthens our collaboration with Epiroc, says Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn, Vice-Chancellor of Luleå University of Technology.