MiSo – Optimization & Simulation Platform for Integrated Sustainable Mining | 2025-2026
- Post by: Tobias Larsson
- 12th November 2025
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The quarrying and mining sectors are vital to societal growth and the green transition, but also two of the largest global sources of emissions. Current decision-support tools are often process-centered and actor-specific, leading to sub-optimization, difficulties in capturing cascading effects, and high thresholds for introducing new technologies. Early decisions, such as drilling and blasting, significantly impact conditions for crushing, milling, and transportation, where energy consumption is particularly critical.
Thereby, a holistic approach is required that links stakeholders and processes. The Mi-So pre-study aims to lay the base for a system demonstrator that showcases the applicability of an integrated simulation platform. The platform enables stakeholder collaboration, data sharing, and optimization across the entire value chain—from drilling to milling. It is based on agent-based modeling, which enables it to capture emergent behaviors and stochastic phenomena. In this way, manufacturers and operators can evaluate productivity, energy efficiency, and new technologies such as electrification and autonomy already in early development stages. The project addresses several UN Sustainable Development Goals by improving competitiveness and cost efficiency, while concurrently accelerating the shift toward low-emission operations. MiSo thus lays the foundation for a new collaboration model that can significantly reduce the sector’s environmental impact.
Project info
BTH project leader: Professor Alessandro Bertoni
Time span: 20251118 – 20261231
Funding: 1.6 MSEK (0.8 MSEK VINNOVA Accelera FFI förberedelseprojekt)
Partners:
- BTH
- Epiroc Rock Drills AB
- Volvo Construction Equipment AB
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