Each year, nearly 47,000 pounds of materials must be mined for each person in the U.S. to maintain their standard of living. The Mining Industry of the Future, a collaboration between the U.S. mining industry and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Industrial Technologies, is working to make the U.S. mining industry the most efficient and advanced in the world.

Through participation in OIT's Industries of the Future process, the U.S. mining industry has:

• Set a Vision for the future
• Clearly defined its R&D priorities in roadmaps
• Developed a portfolio of innovative R&D
• Tapped into expanded tools and resources
• Developed access to best practices

Solicitations

Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) awards cost-shared funding for R&D projects through a competitive solicitation process. Projects are performed by collaborative partnerships and must address industry-specified priorities. In this way, ITP maintains a balanced portfolio of R&D projects that will help realize national goals for energy and the environment.

Calendar

03/02/05	Mining Industry of the Future Portfolio Review- Salt Lake City, UT
03/30/05- 04/01/05	32nd International Symposium on Computer Applications in the Minerals Industry (APCOM)- Tucson, AZ

November 08, 2004
Mining Industry of the Future funded Technologies Win R&D; 100 Awards

QRDC, Inc's SmartScreenSystems^TM and Stolar Research Corporations's Radio Imaging Method have received these prestigious R&D 100 Awards.

July 22, 2004
Copper Smelter and Refinery Assessments Find Big Potential for Energy and Cost Savings
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation conducted targeted energy assessments to identify projects that could save $930,000 and 452,000 MMBtu annually, plus reduce emissions.
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April 13, 2004
DOE Announces Plant-Wide Assessment Financial Opportunity
Find out how your company may be able to acquire cost-share funds for a plant-wide assessment.
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April 06, 2004
Mining Grand Challenge Solicitation Open
The purpose of this announcement is to offer interested parties the opportunity to submit to the Mining Grand Challenge Solicitation.
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