PLING – Project Start in January 2026
With the start of 2026, the official kick-off has been given for the collaborative research project PLING – Platform-Based Integration and Use of Mining Data.
Reports, milestones and insights from the PLING collaborative project.
With the start of 2026, the official kick-off has been given for the collaborative research project PLING – Platform-Based Integration and Use of Mining Data.

With the new year, the collaborative research project PLING is officially under way. Four partners from industry and science work together on the future of raw material extraction.

The EU’s dependency on imported raw materials is growing. Projects such as PLING show how intelligent sensor technology can make European mining competitive.

#PLING-Project — Platform-based integration and use of mining data! Following a get-together dinner in Freiberg on 16 March, the consortium spent three days visiting all

On 12 January 2026, the administrative kick-off meeting of the BMFTR collaborative project PLING took place. The aim of the project is to build a