Descrizione del progetto
Tecnologie di osservazione della Terra per la prospezione mineraria e il monitoraggio dei siti minerari
I dati di osservazione della Terra (OT) possono aiutare le attività di prospezione e di estrazione mineraria. Il progetto MultiMiner, finanziato dall’UE, svilupperà algoritmi innovativi di elaborazione dei dati basati sull’apprendimento automatico per un utilizzo conveniente delle tecnologie OT nella prospezione mineraria e nel monitoraggio dei siti minerari. In questo modo, sarà possibile sfruttare il potenziale dei dati OT, compresi quelli di Copernicus, dei satelliti commerciali, delle prossime missioni, dei dati in volo e a bassa quota e dei dati in situ. Il progetto si concentrerà sulle nuove tecnologie di esplorazione basate sull’OT per le materie prime critiche, al fine di aumentare la probabilità di trovare nuove fonti all’interno dell’UE, rafforzando così la sua autonomia nel settore delle materie prime. MultiMiner creerà soluzioni generiche ma altamente innovative di apprendimento automatico a bassissimo impatto ambientale per supportare l’intero ciclo di vita delle miniere.
Obiettivo
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.
Campo scientifico
- 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 ActionsCoordinatore
02151 Espoo
Finlandia