More than SEK 200 million invested in the metals and minerals industry of the future
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The Swedish Energy Agency has granted funding to 24 new research and innovation projects within Swedish Metals & Minerals. The projects will contribute to a sustainable and resilient supply of metals and minerals through solutions in digitalisation, circularity and climate neutrality.
24 new research and innovation projects within Swedish Metals & Minerals have been granted funding by the Swedish Energy Agency through the call Impact Innovation – Swedish Metals & Minerals: Sustainable transformation in the metals and minerals industry: digitalisation, circularity and climate neutrality.
The projects have a combined budget of more than SEK 205 million, of which approximately SEK 118 million comes from the Swedish Energy Agency.
The call is part of Swedish Metals & Minerals’ work to enable a sustainable and resilient supply of metals and minerals for the societal transition. This means contributing to increased and secured access to metals and minerals, while reducing the planetary footprint of extraction and production.
The funded projects focus on three areas:
- resource-efficient and circular production processes
- fossil-free and climate-neutral processes
- advanced digitalisation and AI
Within these areas, the projects will contribute new knowledge, methods and solutions that strengthen the transformation of the metals and minerals industry. This may include using resources more efficiently, developing processes with lower climate impact, or creating better conditions for the industrial use of digitalisation and AI.
Together, the projects strengthen the Swedish Metals & Minerals portfolio with initiatives linked to several parts of the value chain and to the program’s broader work with system innovation. Achieving the mission requires not only individual technical solutions, but also the ability to develop, test and apply solutions in industrial contexts.
The projects will start during or shortly after the summer and will run for between two and four years.
