KIC on Raw Materials – Creating innovative solutions and new business opportunities Dr Timo Haapalehto. Senior Advisor, VTT EU Affairs

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KIC on Raw Materials –
Creating innovative solutions and new business
opportunities
Mining on Top, Helsinki, 16-17 September 2013
Timo Haapalehto
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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• What is EIT KIC
Contents
• Why KIC on Raw Materials
• What KIC on Raw Materials could deliver
• Case Finland

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What is EIT KIC?
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THE EIT PROPOSITION FOR INNOVATION:
INTEGRATING THE KNOWLEDGE TRIANGLE
Research &
technology
Higher
Education
ENTREPRENEURIALLY
DRIVEN
INNOVATION
Industry &
SMEs
Actors within the knowledge triangle are at the core of the innovation
web beyond the traditional collaborative R&D consortia

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THE OBJECTIVES OF THE EIT
Its aim is to boost the innovation process:
from idea to product
from lab to market
from student to entrepreneur
in areas of high societal need through its Knowledge and
Innovation Communities (KICs).

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Current and new KICs
The EIT designated its three first KICs in December 2009:
Climate KIC (Climate Change)
EIT ICT Labs (Information and Communication Technologies)
KIC InnoEnergy (Sustainable Energy)
Calls for 5 new KICs will be launched as follows:
2014 : healthy living and active ageing and raw materials;
2016: food4future and added value manufacturing
2018: urban mobility

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Why KIC on Raw Materials
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Why KIC on Raw Materials*
Modern society is totally dependent upon access to raw materials.
Access to affordable materials is essential for the effective
functioning of the EU economy, whilst achieving a resource
efficient economy that meets the needs of a growing population
within the ecological limits of a finite planet
KIC suitable tool to introduce to the markets technologies
improving the sustainability of the whole product lifecycle
KIC approach responds to the requirement of interdisciplinary work
involving several areas of knowledge, such as geology, economics,
environmental sciences, chemistry, mechanics and multiple
industrial areas (construction, automotive, aerospace, machinery
and equipment, and renewable energies)
* EIT Strategic Innovation Agenda

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What could KIC on Raw
Materials deliver?
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KIC on Raw Materials should*:
foster a knowledge hub and centre of expertise on academic,
technical and practical education and research in sustainable surface,
subsurface and deep-sea mining, material management, recycling
technologies, material substitution and geopolitical trade in raw
materials,
trigger the expansion of existing markets and creation of new ones,
namely in the areas of sustainable extraction and processing, materials
management, recycling technologies, and materials substitution,
boost technical innovation to develop a host of complementary
technologies that could change the shape of traditional mineral and raw
material value chains,
develop innovative, cost-effective adaptation and risk prevention
measures for particularly sensitive habitats, such as the Arctic.
* EIT Strategic Innovation Agenda

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Case Finland
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Role of mineral raw materials for Finnish economy
Mineral raw materials play an important role for an Finnish economy
Mining sector
Turnover now 1,16 billion €, expected to growth 2,5 billion €
up to 2015
Metal production
Turnover in Finland 10,8 billion €
Part of Finnish export is 14% (7,9 billion €)
Machines and vehicle production
Turnover in Finland 18.5 billion €
Share of export is 14,5 % (9,4 billion €)
Role of minerals is very strong through the whole value chain
Role of material management and design is essential

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Raw
materials in
Finland
1 948 M€
(80%)
57 M€
(20%)
8 483 M€
Metal
processing
in Finland
14 153 M€
5 497 M€
Products
End-users
in Finland
EXPORTED
IMPORTED
Current alimentation of the Finnish upgrading chain

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VTT creates business from technology
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