Steinar Løve Ellefmo
Background and activities
MSc in resource geology, 1999.
Dr. ing in technical resource geology, 2005.
Working with 3D modelling of geodata. Include both geometric and qualimetric (mathematical geoscience and geostatistics) modelling of regional and local geology (deposit scale).
Uses GeoX, Matlab, Isatis, Leapfrog, Surpac, Datamine (CAE Mining) and MicroStation.
Ongoing activities:
Courses
- TGB4232 - Resource Geology
- GEOL3093 - Special Course for the Master's Thesis
- TGB4580 - Mineral Production and Resource Geology, Specialization Project
- TGB4255 - Mineral Resource Management, Advanced Course
- GB8407 - Information Technology for Mineral Extraction
- GEOL1005 - Geometallurgy
- TGB4585 - Mineral Production and Resource Geology, Specialization Course
- TGB4950 - Mineral Production and Resource Geology, Master's Thesis
- TGB4266 - Tectonics
- GB8410 - Resource Geology
- TGB4216 - Mineral Resource Management, Basic Course
- GEOL3092 - Special Course for the Master's Thesis
- TGB4228 - Deep Sea Mining
- TGB4246 - Mining Engineering, Advanced Course
- GEOL3095 - Master's Thesis in Geology
Scientific, academic and artistic work
Displaying a selection of activities. See all publications in the database
2021
- (2021) Estimation of yet-to-find resources and mining system overview. OSEG Seminar on Deep Sea Exploration and Mining . Oslo Society of Exploration Geophysicists; Oslo. 2021-11-24 - 2021-11-24.
- (2021) Updating the Unknown. NCS Exploration – Deep Sea Minerals . Geopublishing; Bergen. 2021-10-19 - 2021-10-21.
- (2021) Application of Soft Data in Nodule Resource Estimation. Natural Resources Research. vol. 30 (2).
2020
- (2020) Exploration Systems for Seafloor Massive Sulfides (SMS) – A Conceptual Design. Underwater Mining Conference 2020 . International Marine Minerals Society; St. Petersburg Florida / Online. 2020-09-27 - 2020-10-02.
- (2020) M3G : Music as a Metaphor in Mining Geostatistics. In The Trenches. vol. 10 (3).
- (2020) A neural network approach for spatial variation assessment – A nepheline syenite case study. Minerals Engineering. vol. 149.
- (2020) Dagbruddstabilitet i Norcem Kjøpsvik. Fjellsprengningsdagen 2020 . Norsk forening for fjellsprengningsteknikk; Oslo / online. 2020-11-26 - 2020-11-27.
- (2020) Estimating the blast sill thickness using changepoint analysis of MWD data. International Journal of Rock Mechanics And Mining Sciences. vol. 134.
2019
- (2019) Geometallurgical Concepts Used in Industrial Mineral Production. Economic Geology and The Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists. vol. 114 (8).
- (2019) Quantifying the Unknown. Marine Mineral Resource Potential on the Norwegian Extended Continental Shelf. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. 2019. ISBN 978-82-02-65035-3.
- (2019) Corrigendum to "Resource assessment of undiscovered seafloor massive sulfide deposits on an Arctic mid-ocean ridge: Application of grade and tonnage models" (Ore Geology Reviews (2018) 102 (818?828), (S0169136818304372), (10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.10.002)). Ore Geology Reviews. vol. 109.
- (2019) Multi-scale Quantitative Risk Analysis of Seabed Minerals: Principles and Application to Seafloor Massive Sulfide Prospects. Natural Resources Research. vol. 28 (3).
- (2019) Prospectivity Mapping of Mineral Deposits in Northern Norway Using Radial Basis Function Neural Networks. Minerals. vol. 9 (2).
2018
- (2018) Underwater Hyperspectral Imaging Using a Stationary Platform in the Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse Hydrothermal Field. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. vol. 57 (5).
- (2018) First hyperspectral imaging survey of the deep seafloor: High-resolution mapping of manganese nodules. Remote Sensing of Environment. vol. 209.
- (2018) Probabilistic estimates of permissive areas for undiscovered seafloor massive sulfide deposits on an Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. Ore Geology Reviews. vol. 95.
- (2018) Resource Assessment of Undiscovered Seafloor Massive Sulfide Deposits on an Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge: Application of grade and tonnage models. Ore Geology Reviews. vol. 102.
- (2018) Geometallurgical Flowsheet as a Tool for Designing and Communicating Geometallurgical Programs. Minerals. vol. 8 (9).
- (2018) Mineral characterization as a tool in the implementation of geometallurgy into industrial mineral mining. Minerals Engineering. vol. 116.
- (2018) Economic block model development for mining seafloor massive sulfides. Minerals. vol. 8 (10).
- (2018) Geometallurgical Approach to the Element-to-Mineral Conversion for the Nabbaren Nepheline Syenite Deposit. Minerals. vol. 8 (8).
- (2018) Rock Classification Using Multivariate Analysis of Measurement While Drilling Data: Towards a Better Sampling Strategy. Minerals. vol. 8 (9).
2017
- (2017) Full cycle resource evaluation of SMS deposits along the Arctic Mid Ocean Ridge. The International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering . American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Trondehim. 2017-06-25 - 2017-06-30.
- (2017) Change point analysis of MWD-data to detect the broken ground thickness in open pit mining. 18th annual conference IAMG-2017 2-9 september, Perth, Australia . IAMG; Perth,. 2017-09-02 - 2017-09-09.
- (2017) Initial assessment of mineralogical properties of a seafloor massive sulphide deposit at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. Underwater Mining Conference 2017 ; 2017-09-24 - 2017-09-29.
- (2017) Mineralogy and texture of the Storforshei iron formation, and their effect on grindability. Process Mineralogy 17' . MEI; Cape Town. 2017-03-20 - 2017-03-22.
2016
- (2016) NTNU Cruise reports 2016 no 1 - MarMine cruise report Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge 15.08.2016 - 05.09.2016. 2016. NTNU Cruise reports (1).
2015
- (2015) ECOMINA - Ecosystem-based management for areas targeted by deep-sea mining in the Arctic: a pilot study. Final Report. 2015.
2014
2013
- (2013) The Value of Information in Mineral Exploration Within a Multi-Gaussian Framework. Mathematical Geosciences. vol. 45 (7).
- (2013) Utfordringer knyttet til statistisk analyse av komposittdata. Mineralproduksjon. vol. 4.
2012
- (2012) NUMERICAL MODELLING OF ROCK MASS DEFORMATION IN SUBLEVEL CAVING MINING SYSTEM. Acta geodynamica et geomaterialia. vol. 9 (3).
2011
- (2011) MONITORING SYSTEM FOR OBSERVATIONS OF ROCK MASS DEFORMATIONS CAUSED BY SUBLEVEL CAVING MINING SYSTEM. Acta geodynamica et geomaterialia. vol. 8 (3).
2010
- (2010) RESEARCH NETWORK FOR OBSERVATIONS OF ROCK MASS SURFACE DEFORMATIONS CAUSED BY SUBLEVEL CAVING MINING OF IRON OXIDE. 11th Czech-Polish Workshop on Recent Geodynamics of the Sudeten and Adjacent Areas ; Třešť. 2010-11-04 - 2010-11-06.
2005
- (2005) From deposit to product. A probabilistic approach to the value chain of underground iron ore mining. 2005. ISBN 82-471-7001-9.
- (2005) Bringing Norwegian mine into world of bits and bytes - possibilities and pitfalls. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. vol. 15.