MineCuON

MineCuON project aims to develop an innovative copper ore sorting system for enhancing the energy-economic efficiency of the mining and processing operations, including reducing energy consumption for transport and processing, lowering the consumption of flotation reagents, decreasing the quantity and cost of fine-grained waste storage, and minimizing environmental impact. 
The technology will eliminate the gangue and low Cu content particles from run-of-mine ores at the earliest possible stage of supplying to the concentrators. Different ores will be used to conduct a series of tests, including pilot-scale pre-concentration, as well as flotation enrichment.
Project is supported by EIT RawMaterials under GA No. 24650.
Consortium:
• KGHM Cuprum Ltd. Research & Development Centre 
• KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. 
• Technical University of Kosice
• Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals
• Comex Polska Sp. z o.o.
• Central Mining Institute – National Research Institute