Skip to main content
European Commission logo
español español
CORDIS - Resultados de investigaciones de la UE
CORDIS
CORDIS Web 30th anniversary CORDIS Web 30th anniversary

¡Viable and Alternative Mine Operating System!

Objetivo

Estimates indicate that the value of unexploited European mineral resources at a depth of 500-1,000 metres is ca €100 billion, however, a number of physical, economic, social, environmental and human constraints have as yet limited their exploitation.
¡VAMOS! will provide a new Safe, Clean and Low Visibility Mining Technique and will prove its Economic Viability for extracting currently unreachable mineral deposits, thus encouraging investment and helping to put the EU back on a level playing field in terms of access to strategically important minerals. Deriving from successful deep-sea mining techniques, the ¡VAMOS! mining solution aspires to lead to: Re-opening abandoned mines; Extensions of opencut mines which are limited by stripping ratio, hydrological or geotechnical problems; and opening of new mines in the EU.
¡VAMOS! will design and manufacture innovative automated excavation equipment and environmental impact monitoring tools that will be used to perform field tests in a number of mine sites across Europe with a range of rock hardness and pit morphology. VAMOS will:
1.Develop a prototype underwater, remotely controlled, mining machine with associated launch and recovery equipment
2.Enhance currently available underwater sensing, spatial awareness, navigational and positioning technology
3.Provide an integrated solution for efficient Real-time Monitoring of Environmental Impact
4.Conduct field trials with the prototype equipment in abandoned and inactive mine sites with a range of rock types and at a range of submerged depths
5.Evaluate the productivity and and cost of operation to enable mine-ability and economic reassessment of the EU's mineral resources.
6. Maximize impact and enable the Market Up-Take of the proposed solutions by defining and overcoming the practicalities of the concept, proving the operational feasibility and the economic viability.
7. Contribute to the social acceptance of the new extraction technique via public demonstrations in EU regions.

Ámbito científico

Not validated

Palabras clave

Programa(s)

Tema(s)

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-SC5-2014-2015

Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria

Convocatoria de subcontratación

H2020-SC5-2014-one-stage

Régimen de financiación

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinador

BMT GROUP LTD
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 493 410,66
Dirección
GOODRICH HOUSE WALDEGRAVE ROAD 1
TW11 8LZ Teddington
Reino Unido

Ver en el mapa
Región
London Outer London — West and North West Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames
Tipo de actividad
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Enlaces
Coste total
€ 493 410,66

Participantes (19)

Compartir esta página

Descargar

Última actualización: 27 Julio 2023

Mi folleto

Permalink: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/642477/es

European Union, 2025