Do you have a startup and want to collaborate with the future of mining with the support of the main mining companies in the country? Then register your solution for M-Start Cycle 9!

The M-Start program aims to develop innovative solutions to common challenges in the mineral sector, in partnership with startups, within 7 themes: Decarbonization, Social Development, Operational Efficiency, Alternative Energy Sources, Water Management, Tailings and Waste Management and Safety and Occupational Health.

At M-Start, startups have the possibility of receiving investments from the sponsor mining companies for the execution of proofs of concept. In addition, they also have access to the infrastructure and support of the sponsor mining companies' technical teams to validate their PoCs.

Below, get to know the challenges of this notice:

Theme: Decarbonization

Challenge: How can we more effectively diagnose scope 3 of the iron ore value chain so that decarbonization can be worked on in its entirety?

Sponsor Mining Company: Anglo American.

Challenge: How can we reduce diesel consumption in mine equipment?

Sponsor Mining Company: Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti and Nexa Resources.

 

Theme: Social Development

Challenge: How to treat and make potable water available at low cost to the communities neighboring the operation?

Sponsor Mining Company: Nexa Resources.

 

Theme: Operational Efficiency

Challenge: How can we guarantee the homogeneity of the ROM in the plant feed, in order to guarantee the quality of the products and operational stability?

Sponsor Mining Company: Gerdau and Nexa Resources.

Theme: Alternative Energy Sources

Challenge:  How can we build self-sustainable support infrastructure in remote areas?

Sponsor Mining Company: MRN.

Challenge: How can we use the space/structure of the dam for electricity generation?

Sponsor Mining Company: Gerdau and Samarco.

Theme: Water Management

Challenge: How to adjust, in a sustainable way, the concentration of sulfate in industrial effluents?

Sponsor Mining Company: Nexa Resources

Theme: Occupational Safety and Health

Challenge: How can we manage, analyze and treat behavioral deviations when driving vehicles and mobile equipment and thus improve safety performance?

Sponsor Mining Company: Anglo American.

Challenge: How can we implement a system model so that companies can promote a widely trained and monitored environment in favor of worker safety?

Sponsor Mining Company: J. Mendes and Vale.

The entire program has the support of the corporate accelerator Neo Ventures and the Brazilian Mining Institute (IBRAM), promoting networking among professionals in the area, generating mutual growth for the entire entrepreneurial ecosystem in mining.

Applications:

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Applications are open from November 07th to December 16th.

Come on and build the future of mining!

Who supports us:
Alcoa, Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, Arcelor Mittal, Aura Minerals, Bamin, Bemisa, CBA, CBMM, Gerdau, Itaminas, J.Mendes, Jaguar Mining, Kinross, Lundin Mining, Mineração Morro do Ipê, MRN, Nexa Resources, RHI Magnesita, Samarco, Usiminas, Vale and Yamana Gold.

And also the suppliers: Accenture, Arcadis, Clariant, Epiroc, EY, Hexagon, Honeywell, IFM, ISQ, Kluber, Lhoist, Martin Engineering, Rockwell Automation and Sotreq

Interested in joining the Mining Hub?

Who is it for? Mining companies and suppliers of the mining ecosystem interested in being part of this movement of open innovation, contact through the website www.mininghub.com.br

Service:

Press Office

M-Start Ciclo 9 – Mining Hub

Website: www.mininghub.com.br

1440 Sergipe Street, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30130-170, Brazil