On 06 – 08 February 2023, representatives of our team participated in a meeting with students of the Academic High School of Wroclaw University of Technology. During the meeting, the general objectives of the ongoing projects were presented.
On Thursday, December 15, the First Business Breakfast with EIT Raw Materials was held under the key topic “Together we are shaping the mining and processing of the future for Europe’s raw material supply security!”.
The event was hosted in Building H-14 of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Magdalena Worsa-Kozak, EIT Raw Materials coordinator at PWr, opened the meeting by briefly introducing the organizers and the goal.
On November 25-26, the scientific and technical conference was held at the Wrocław University of Science and Technology. The main topic of the conference was „Traditions and innovations in the mining industry. GEO-3EM project for the industry – effects and inspirations”.
An online meeting of VOT3D project partners was held on November 18, 2022. During the meeting, the partners discussed the progress of the project. At the meeting, WUST and Hovering Solutions representatives presented the results of measurements on the scanning of underground workings.
This week the DMC team performed field measurements in the scope of AMICOS and VOT3D EIT Raw Materials projects. The trials took place in the underground tunnels of the “Rzeczka” complex (named after a nearby village) in Walim, Lower Silesia. The site is one of 7 former Nazi underground facilities in the Owl Mountains, constituting an unfinished massive underground construction project “Riese” (“giant” in German) of mysterious purpose. Unique conditions in the tunnels, namely a combination of irregularly-shaped rock corridors made through blasting with concrete-reinforced structures, as well as the presence of water reservoirs and darkness, create a challenging environment for mobile robots. DMC members performed various 3D data acquisitions, including a precise laser scanning survey of approximately 14 000 m³ of the subterranean volume.
A group of researchers from the Digital Mining Center team conducted measurements in the Polkowice-Sieroszowice mine on October 27 and 31, 2022.
On October 21, 2021, a meeting of VOT3D project partners took place. The meeting was held online. During the meeting, the partners presented the progress of the project so far. In addition, issues of planned activity were discussed. The meeting also focused on the upcoming deadlines of individual deliverables.
The kickoff meeting of the VOT3D project in Wrocław was held on September 29-30. The host of the meeting was the Wrocław University of Science and Technology. The guests came from ABB, FBK, KGHM, KGHM Cuprum, and Hovering Solutions. MNLT had to join the online meeting. There were many discussions during the meeting.
On September 16-21, the 25th Lower Silesian Festival of Knowledge took place at the Wrocław University of Science and Technology. DMC had the pleasure of hosting 163 participants from primary and technical schools. After the presentation of the DMC team, the AMICOS, ECHO, VOT3D, BrineRIS, and MEITIM projects were shown. The lecturers showed the main goals of the projects, assumptions, and results. There were also roll-ups presenting the most important information about the projects. Each project aroused great interest from the audience. At the end of the presentation, the students had the opportunity to control a robot from the AMICOS project, take pictures with a thermal imaging camera and see a physical map displayed in the sand.
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The 5th Polish Mining Congress was held on September 06-07 at the International Congress Center in Katowice. The motto of the event was “The mining industry of the 21st century – how to search for, mine and process mineral and energy resources while protecting the climate and environment?“. The purpose of the congress was to discuss the current problems of the mining industry and the challenges facing the mining industry in the 21st century. During the congress, the DMC team presented the achievements of ongoing projects to date:
