MassMin 2024
Join us on 17-19 September 2024 in Kiruna, northern Sweden, for MassMin 2024 – the 9th International Conference & Exhibition on Mass Mining.
The Swedish mining industry – a crucial part of the green transition
Sweden is in the midst of one of the biggest transformations of the mining industry. It is an unprecedented transformation as the mining industry moves from being part of the problem to being part of the solution – the sustainable future starts in the mines. Minerals are the foundation of the green transition and if we are serious about tackling climate change, the mining industry must play a crucial role for us to succeed. Therefore, the mining industry must be transformed. Together, we are paving the way for carbon dioxide-free mining and refining processes, for climate-efficient products where safety, responsible mining and sustainability are at the centre. It is about a change that plays a decisive role for our common future!
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Topics covered
- New mass mining methods, mine development, planning and design
- Rock mass characterisation and testing
- Cave establishment, pre-conditioning, Cave monitoring and Sensing
- Caving mechanics, Caving processes, Fragmentation and Gravity flow
- Blasting, Draw control and Production optimization
- Material handling systems and infrastructure
- Safe mining – mine seismicity, subsidence, safety and applied geomechanics in mining
- Risk assessment in mass mining
- Sustainability, environmental issues and green transition
- Invisible mining
- Social License to Operate (SLO) and mining permits
- Health, safety and well-being for future personnel
- Future mining education and competence
- Automation, electrification, battery electric vehicles and equipment selection
- AI, digitalisation and remote operations
- Case studies and new mass mining projects; from stopping to supercaves
- Surface mining
- Surface-to-underground transition
- Current trends, Novel ideas and Techniques
Important dates
The following dates will help you take your accepted abstract through to final paper stage.
2023-11-01: Abstract submission. More information will be available shortly.
2023-11-30: Notification of acceptence
2024-02-28: Full paper submission
2024-04-30: Reviewed paper deadline
2024-05-31: Final paper submission
2024-09-17: Conference starts
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