Development of production and environmental platforms for the European aggregates and minerals industries
Journal article, 2024

Both quantification and communication of environmental impacts can create the foundation for improved sustainable production and decision-making. Without widespread information about site-specific environmental impacts, stakeholders cannot make a well-informed decision based on the local system boundaries. With organization-wide digital platforms, different aspects of production and management can be integrated and customized based on the organization's needs. This paper aims to give an overview of the development of three different process and environmental platforms, their purposes, system structure, system constraints and the applied framework. These respective platforms are being developed separately for the Swedish aggregates industry, the European aggregates industry and the European critical raw materials sector. The initial demonstrator can integrate site-specific information with a simulation-based allocation of resources and generate Life-Cycle Assessment and Environmental Product Declaration reports harmonized with the EN 15804 standard and the associated Product Category Rules.

Digital platform

EN15804+A2

Sustainability

Minerals processing

EPD

LCA

Aggregates

Author

Gauti Asbjörnsson

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

Adam Sköld

Roctim AB

Kanishk Bhadani

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

Christina Lee

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

Varun Gowda Palahalli Ramesh

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

Erik Hulthén

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

Magnus Evertsson

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Product Development

Sadeq Zougari

Akkodis

Ann-Gaelle Yar

Akkodis

Nemer Kamel

Akkodis

Sophie Turlur-Chabanon

Akkodis

Minerals Engineering

0892-6875 (ISSN)

Vol. 206 2024 108519

Web-based EPD tool for lifecycle perspective for aggregate production (EPD Berg)

VINNOVA (2019-00857), 2019-05-01 -- 2021-08-31.

Development Fund of the Swedish Construction Industry (SBUF) (13738), 2019-05-01 -- 2021-08-31.

Rotate - Circular, Ecological, Essential and Critical Raw Materials

European Commission (EC) (101058651), 2022-07-01 -- 2027-07-01.

DigiEcoQuarry - Innovative digital sustainable solution aggregates systems

European Commission (EC) (EC/H2020/101003750), 2021-06-01 -- 2025-06-01.

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Production

Subject Categories

Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified

Metallurgy and Metallic Materials

Environmental Sciences

DOI

10.1016/j.mineng.2023.108519

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