16 July 2020
We are proud to announce a new peer-reviewed publication on muography we wrote together with Professor Xongxian Zhang from the Oulu Mining School, Oulu University, Finland. The paper is titled “Muography and Its Potential Applications to Mining and Rock Engineering” and was recently published in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. You can read and download […]
27 April 2020 – Mapping of raw material deposits by cosmic-ray induced muons
Cosmic-ray borehole muography is a novel imaging method that detects density variations in soils and underlying rocks. The method can be compared to X-ray imaging as the physical principles of both methods are similar. However, whereas X-ray imaging works only with small objects due to relatively low energies of X-rays, muons can have enormous energies and […]
1 DECEMBER 2019 – EIT RAWMATERIALS GRANT
Muon Solutions has recently been granted an EIT RawMaterials Booster grant of 60 k€ by the Innovation Hub CLC Baltic Sea of the EIT RawMaterials. The funding is meant for testing borehole muography in an underground mine site of our chosen mining company partner. EIT RawMaterials’ mission is to support innovations that develop raw materials […]
24 OCTOBER 2019 – MUON SOLUTIONS AT FEM 2019
The Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining Conference (FEM 2019) is opening soon in Levi, Finland. The 12th biannual FEM brings together over thousand exploration and mining industry leaders, experts and researchers from almost 30 countries. The conference starts on Tuesday 29 Oct 2019. Our company is participating the conference so if you see any of us […]
5 JUNE 2019 – MUON SOLUTIONS PARTICIPATED TO PROVIDE A FIELD COURSE FOR THE OULU MINING SCHOOL STUDENTS
The second ‘Applied Field Techniques in Economic Geology’ (AFTEG) field course for students of economic geology of the Oulu Mining School (OMS) was held in the Kittilä greenstone area, Northern Finland, in 26 – 31 May 2019. The course was arranged as a collaboration between OMS and Muon Solutions Oy and was sponsored by Agnico […]
4 April 2019 – Practical field technique course
Muon Solutions is proud to announce that is in the partnership organising the second AFTEG field course for students of economic geology. The name “AFTEG” stands for ‘Applied Field Techniques in Economic Geology’. The next 6-day long intensive (but practical) field course will be held in the Central Lapland greenstone belt, northern Finland, in May […]
26 October 2018 – Meet us soon in various conferences & symposiums
Muon Solutions’ representatives hit the road with a jack in November 2018, although some of us take the head start already next week. During a frantic five or so weeks, Muon Solutions is presented in well over ten different events across Central and Northern Europe. We give talks in several of these occasions. Here are […]
3 August 2018 – We are back on track
After a month long break from updating, we are back almost in full form and ready to hit the ground running. Although we have kept some well-earned vacation days, July did not pass without activity for Muon Solutions. In the R&D side, we have continued to make progress in various fronts. In the exploration service […]
26 June 2018 – Muon Solutions joins the Callio Pyhäjärvi service provides network, Finland
The Pyhäsalmi Mine, located in the town of Pyhäjärvi, central Finland, is one of the deepest metal mines in Europe reaching 1,445 metres underground. The copper-zinc mine was opened in 1962 by Outokumpu, sold to Canadian Inmet Mining Corporation in 2002, and obtained by Canadian mining corporation First Quantum Minerals in 2013. Underground mining activities […]
18 June 2018 – Muon Solutions participating the BSUIN Underground Laboratory Workshop in Oskarshamn, Sweden, 18-20 June, 2018
This week, Muon Solutions (“the Company”) has sent a representative to the BSUIN Undeground Laboratory Workshop in Oskarshamn, Sweden. The Baltic Sea Underground Innovation Network (BSUIN) project aims to make the underground laboratories in the Baltic Sea region more accessible for innovation, business development and science by improving the information about the underground laboratories, the operation, user experiences and safety. The BSUIN consortium […]