The MINEYE action is developing and deploying innovative technologies, products and services based on satellite, airborne and ground-based remote sensing data combined with other in-situ data sources. The various datasets are being collected, tasked, or validated within the planned activities of the project. The fusion of these multi-scale, multi-discipline datasets and through the development and implementation of the web-based EO user platform and associated toolsets, MINEYE will support i) improved knowledge on raw materials resources in Europe, through innovative exploration methods, and ii) development of best practices and standards for innovative EO technologies, products and services for more efficient permitting and environmental compliance processes. The project will develop recommendations within a public project deliverable on sustainability, which may contribute to future policymaking.
Furthermore, MINEYE will contribute to i) improving responsible supply of raw materials to Europe in line with the EU principles for sustainable raw materials, and ii) implementation of the EU action plan on Critical Raw Materials, by mapping potential supplies of secondary critical raw materials in Europe and by conducting life cycle and sustainability impact assessments. Finally, MINEYE will support industrial leadership and increased autonomy in key strategic value chains with security of supply in raw materials by enabling optimisation of exploration and exploitation activities and promoting sustainable and targeted activities that will make the most of the available resources in Europe.
