Swedish Mining Innovation in collaboration with Codelco

The aim is to increase collaboration between Codelco and actors in the swedish mining cluster. The collaboration shall promote development in sustainability, innovation and profitable mining and create conditions för joint projects.

– This is the first time that we have entered into a formal collaboration agreement with a foreign company. We have high expectations and look forward to the exciting opportunities that the agreement entails. On the whole, this memorandum opens up for broad collaboration but at the same time does not promise too much, says Jenny Greberg, program director at Swedish Mining Innovation.

Julio Diaz, Corporate innovation manager at Codelco, says he is very enthusiastic about the agreement. He sees great opportunities for collaborations in gender equality, security, productivity and also to improve efficiency in the mining sector.

When Swedish Mining Innovation began work on developing more international collaboration a few years ago, the programme’s board prioritized Chile. Codelco is an internationally leading mining company with a strong focus on development and high ambitions in terms of sustainability and efficiency. Another reason for prioritizing collaboration with Chile is the good relations that exist, and great support and cooperation with Business Sweden in Chile.

The strategic innovation program Swedish Mining Innovation is part of a joint investment in strategic innovation areas by Vinnova, Formas and the Swedish Energy Agency. Host organization is Luleå University of Technology.