Converting ‘MineLCA’ into a licensable software tool to enable predictive environmental performance data to be undertaken for mining projects.

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Title
Converting ‘MineLCA’ into a licensable software tool to enable predictive environmental performance data to be undertaken for mining projects.
CoPED ID
c6f28a07-7daa-44c8-8d03-ce933e232f5e
Status
Closed
Funders
Innovate UK
Innovate UK
Value
£380,514
Start Date
Aug. 31, 2020
End Date
Oct. 30, 2021
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The mining sector generates 11% of global greenhouse gases (GHG) directly. Include indirect impacts, such as impacts associated with electricity generation to power mines and this rises to \>35% \[OECD/IEA, 2018\].

The transition to a low-carbon economy is well underway and accelerating. But low-emission energy and transportation systems are more mineral-intensive compared to the fossil fuel equivalents. The transition means more mines will be required in Europe and around the world, allowing for a low-impact localised supply chain. For example, minerals used in low-carbon technologies are projected to rise by 965% for lithium, 585% for cobalt, 383% for graphite and 241% for indium by 2050 \[World Bank, 2019\].

New mines need to ensure they are extracting these critical minerals in an environmentally responsible way. Minviro has developed technology to assess the environmental impacts of different mining project configurations, which can support in reducing the carbon footprint of projects. The technology will be used: by mining and engineering companies to minimise the impact of their own projects; by investors to ensure that they are not putting money into a high-risk environmentally damaging assets; and by equipment manufacturers, such as electric car manufacturers, to ensure they are procuring metals from mines that have a good environmental performance.

Minviro Ltd LEAD_ORG
Minviro Ltd PARTICIPANT_ORG

Robert Pell PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Greenhouse gases
  2. Environmental effects
  3. Mining activity
  4. Emissions
  5. Mining industry
  6. Climate changes
  7. Mines (quarries)
  8. Decrease (active)
  9. Transition economy
  10. Mining engineering
  11. Environmental responsibility
  12. Rock excavation
  13. Renewable energy sources
  14. Environmental technology

Extracted key phrases
  1. Licensable software tool
  2. Predictive environmental performance datum
  3. Different mining project configuration
  4. Environmental impact
  5. Good environmental performance
  6. Indirect impact
  7. Mining sector
  8. Carbon technology
  9. MineLCA
  10. Power mine
  11. New mine
  12. Low
  13. Carbon economy
  14. Global greenhouse gas
  15. Carbon footprint

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