Project description
Real-time monitoring solution could help prevent mining accidents
Accidents occurring during the process of mining minerals or metals are frequent. Slope collapse or tailing dams releasing chemicals could cause lasting damage to natural drinking water and rivers, and even lead to loss of life. DARES TECHNOLOGY is a Spain-based company that has commercialised industry-leading satellite-based remote monitoring solutions for mining operations. The EU-funded MOTIONMAPPER project is now supporting the company in incorporating drones, ground radars and real-time processing to generate a complete monitoring and alerting solution called MOTIONMAPPER 2.0. This groundbreaking solution should help ensure mining safety and operational efficiency.
Objective
The mining industry is growing and is a key global economic driver, providing raw materials for consumer and industrial products, being Europe one of the most demanding regions of raw materials. Mining operations relie on large scale, continuing, and safe operations in and around geological sites, but with repeated accidents and non-complete monitoring of how operations are impacting the terrain, the issue is far from resolved.
Disasters occur, such as collapses of mining slopes, or ‘tailings dams’ with a release of chemicals leading to loss of life, interruption of mining operations and catastrophic environmental consequences: a collapse of a tailings dam may destroy natural drinking water and rivers for centuries.
DARES, a European company formed by staff with multiple years’ of experience in the industrial remote monitoring field wish to change this. We have been developing and commercializing an industry leading satellite-based remote monitoring solution. Now we are adding Drone, Ground Radar and near-realtime processing to generate a complete wide area to local area monitoring and alerting solution. Called MOTIONMAPPER 2.0 it represents a ground-breaking solution to ensure safety of operations and to guarantee operational efficiency.
We are in a unique position to do this. We have both the academic and industrial skill sets, as well as monitoring contracts with several large mines operating our satellite-based solution. Following a successful phase 1 feasibility study, we propose a two-year project to fund the complex technical work and commercial entry preparations.
Generating a new product category in a sector with clear demand, we predict sales of 22M€ by 2022, growth to 55 employees and a substantial impact on the protection of the environment as well as the European Earth Monitoring sector and its technical expertise.
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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08860 Castelldefels Barcelona
Spain
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