Min-North : Development, Evaluation and Optimization of Measures to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Mining Activities in Northern Regions

• Main Authors: Alakangas, Lena, Salifu, Musah, Rasmussen, Thorkild Maack, Heino, Neea, Hyvönen, Eija, Karlsson, Teemu, Panttila, Hannu, Pietilä, Raija, Tornivaara, Anna, Turunen, Kaisa, Lu, Jinmei, Fu, Shuai, Bui, Minh Tuan, Heiderscheidt, Elisangela, Postila, Heini, Leiviskä, Tiina, Ronkanen, Anna-kaisa, Kujala, Katharina, Khan, Uzair, Gogoi, Harshita
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Luleå tekniska universitet, Geovetenskap och miljöteknik 2019
• Subjects: mine waste; dry cover; strontium isotopes; wetland; Geochemistry; Geokemi; Arctic; Norway; Luleå; Arctic University of Norway; UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-75722

The Min-North (Development, Evaluation and Optimization of Measures to Reduce the Environment Impact of Mining Activities in Northern Regions) project was a trans-national cooperative project, with participants from the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), University of Oulu (UO), UiT The Arctic University of Norway (UiT), Luleå University of Technology (LTU) and SMEs from Sweden, Finland and Norway. The project was funded by Interreg Nord and Norrbottens länsstyrelse. The participants have expertise in mine waste management, mine water treatment and geophysics. The overall aim of the project was to enhance the development of environmental protection technologies. An associated goal was to deepen cross-border cooperation by creating a larger critical mass of researchers in mine waste management and local SMEs in the Northern regions with greater capacities to disseminate and implement new methods, products and services. The project ran for 36 months from the 1st of January 2016 to the end of December 2018. Min-North