Description du projet
Des technologies d’observation de la Terre pour la prospection minière et la surveillance des sites miniers
Les données d’observation de la Terre (OT) peuvent faciliter la prospection minière et les activités minières. Le projet MultiMiner, financé par l’UE, développera des algorithmes innovants de traitement des données basés sur l’apprentissage automatique pour une utilisation rentable des technologies OT dans l’exploration minière et la surveillance des sites miniers. Il permettra ainsi de libérer le potentiel des données OT, notamment en ce qui concerne le programme Copernicus, les satellites commerciaux, les missions à venir, les données aéroportées et à basse altitude, ainsi que les données in situ. Le projet se concentrera sur les nouvelles technologies d’exploration des matières premières critiques basées sur l’OT, afin d’augmenter la probabilité de trouver de nouvelles sources au sein de l’UE et de renforcer ainsi son autonomie en matières premières. MultiMiner créera des solutions d’apprentissage automatique génériques mais très innovantes, avec un impact environnemental extrêmement faible, afin de soutenir l’ensemble du cycle de vie de l’exploitation minière.
Objectif
The Multi-source and Multi-scale Earth observation and Novel Machine Learning Methods for Mineral Exploration and Mine Site Monitoring (MultiMiner) project develops novel data processing algorithms for cost-effective utilization of Earth Observation (EO) technologies for mineral exploration and mine site monitoring. MultiMiner unlocks the potential of EO data, including Copernicus, commercial satellites, upcoming missions, airborne and low altitude as well as in situ data, to support the entire mining life cycle including mineral exploration, operational, closure and post-closure stages. This is achieved by creating generic but highly innovative machine learning solutions which do not require any or only little ground truth data. The project focuses on new EO based exploration technologies for critical raw materials (CRM) to increase the probability of finding new sources within EU thereby strengthening the EU autonomy in the area of raw materials. MultiMiner EO based exploration solutions have extremely low environmental impact, and are thus socially acceptable, economically efficient and improve safety. The project’s solutions for mine site monitoring increase the transparency of mining operations as environmental impacts can be detected as early as possible and digital information of the currently unexploitable raw materials can be stored for future generations. The applicability of the developed algorithms is demonstrated in 4 European test sites. MultiMiner is a pan-European consortium consisting of 12 partners and 1 associated partner from research institutes, academia, consulting businesses and mining industry with interdisciplinary backgrounds in geology, remote sensing and machine learning. The members come from six EU member states which represent mining regions across Europe with diverse geology with evident potential for various types of CRM resources and thousands of operational and closed mines.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringmining and mineral processing
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringremote sensing
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeology
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinateur
02151 Espoo
Finlande