Research project

Smart Exploration Research Center

Nordic Iron is a partner to the research center “Smart Exploration Research”. The research center has been granted SEK 60 million by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research and is a multidisciplinary center that will do research on exploration and refinement of metals and minerals. The research is led by Uppsala University and is important for the ongoing energy transition and society’s adjustment to the climate.

Smart Exploration Research Center

Smart Exploration

Nordic Iron is a partner in the Smart Exploration project, an EU-funded collaboration between universities and companies from eleven countries. An important goal for Smart Exploration is to develop environmentally-friendly methods of geophysical exploration and has conducted several evaluations at Ludvika Mines using prototype equipment producing more accurate measurements primarily in the fields of seismology and electromagnetics.

Published research reports from the project can be found via the link below: Smart Exploration