Bright concepts for a safe & sustainable digital mining future

Nineteen project partners from Austria, Finland, Germany, Poland, Spain & Sweden teamed-up in the EU-funded illuMINEation project. The consortium’s aim is to set the scene for a paradigm shift in mining via the adoption of pioneering innovations & extensive utilisation of digitalisation in mining.

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9
Mio. Funding
19
Project Partners
6
European Countries
5
Use Cases

Project Vision

 

illuMINEation tackles key issues related to the urgently needed
DIGITALISATION OF THE MINING SECTOR
in order to achieve the next level of
SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE.
The project’s goal is to develop a robust dependable multi-level distributed
INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS PLATFORM
that provides the physical mining world with
SMART DATA PROCESSING AND NOVEL VISUALISATION CAPABILITIES
from the edge to the cloud by supporting distributed data-management.


Based on the vast amount of data from digitalised mining operations,
illuMINEation’s VISION
is to ensure all mining staff receives the best possible up-to-date information,
whilst providing proper protection via the implementation of a rigorous cyber security approach.

The project’s objectives are driven by 5 use cases

 

Four mining companies producing highly important raw materials

One mining equipment and systems manufacturer



Application Fields

Safe Zone Concept for the mining industry

 

Rock stability assessment

Environmental monitoring

Positioning & localisation

Drones as first response unit


Sustainable & intelligent mineral resource extraction

 

Advanced drilling techniques

Borehole deviation monitoring

Optimised rock fragmentation

Improved resource grade control


Advanced predictive maintenance & efficient operation

 

Drones as Agile Inspector

Condition monitoring of batteries

Additive manufacturing of spare parts

Analysis of equipment telematic data


Dependable multi-level distributed Industrial Internet of Things Platform & novel User Interfaces

 

Edge analytics

Cyber security

Fog & cloud infrastructure

Data transfer & communication


Project Partners