TY - CONF

T1 - EARTH OBSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY AND CHALLENGES

AU - Mavroudi, Maria

AU - Tost, Michael

AU - Gubaidullina, Rushaniia

AU - Luodes, Nike

AU - Eerola, Toni

AU - Panttila, Hannu

AU - Vasconcelos, Clara

AU - Carvalho, Morgana

AU - Resta, Giulia

AU - Lima, Alexandre

AU - Alonso, Marta

AU - Montes, Myriam

AU - Teodoro, Ana Claudia

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - Society and new European Union (EU) regulations demand a transition of theextractive sector, whereas at the same time resources are urgently needed. Due tothe technological advances both in sensors and in image processing and analysistools, Earth Observation (EO) data has a rapidly increasing potential in variousfields, and the extractive sector is one of them. Lower ore grades, environmen-tal restrictions, health and safety obligations, technological efficiency and socialacceptance are some factors that will eventually impose the adoption of innova-tions in mining during the whole supply chain and mine life cycle (Steen et al.2019). Nowadays, EO data and remote sensing techniques provide the capabil-ity to effectively monitor mining activities and their compliance with respectiveguidelines during their life cycle while being non-invasive and cost-effective,throughout all mine phases. Yet there isn’t any integrative approach where thescientific knowledge of EO methods and applications systematically serves astools for transforming the extractive industry. Therefore, besides the technicaldevelopments and implementation of innovative methods for analysing EO data,research in the ‘Secure and Sustainable Supply of Raw Materials for EU Industry’(S34I – https://s34i.eu/) project aims to unlock the potential of EO data to supportthe sustainability transition of the extractive industry. An expected outcome alsolies in decreasing supply chain risks and increasing transparency for stakeholders,thereby contributing to the achievement of the social license to operate (SLO).To do that, social survey methods like interviews and questionnaires are implemented to capture the viewpoint of multidisciplinary stakeholders, highlightingthe most crucial concerns and identifying potential opportunities to address themthrough EO. Moreover, collecting the existing datasets and the technical require-ments corresponding to each use case defines the specifics of implementing EOdata at each site and supports the technical part of the project with the relevantinformation to meet their objectives. The considering workflow is divided intofour tasks.

AB - Society and new European Union (EU) regulations demand a transition of theextractive sector, whereas at the same time resources are urgently needed. Due tothe technological advances both in sensors and in image processing and analysistools, Earth Observation (EO) data has a rapidly increasing potential in variousfields, and the extractive sector is one of them. Lower ore grades, environmen-tal restrictions, health and safety obligations, technological efficiency and socialacceptance are some factors that will eventually impose the adoption of innova-tions in mining during the whole supply chain and mine life cycle (Steen et al.2019). Nowadays, EO data and remote sensing techniques provide the capabil-ity to effectively monitor mining activities and their compliance with respectiveguidelines during their life cycle while being non-invasive and cost-effective,throughout all mine phases. Yet there isn’t any integrative approach where thescientific knowledge of EO methods and applications systematically serves astools for transforming the extractive industry. Therefore, besides the technicaldevelopments and implementation of innovative methods for analysing EO data,research in the ‘Secure and Sustainable Supply of Raw Materials for EU Industry’(S34I – https://s34i.eu/) project aims to unlock the potential of EO data to supportthe sustainability transition of the extractive industry. An expected outcome alsolies in decreasing supply chain risks and increasing transparency for stakeholders,thereby contributing to the achievement of the social license to operate (SLO).To do that, social survey methods like interviews and questionnaires are implemented to capture the viewpoint of multidisciplinary stakeholders, highlightingthe most crucial concerns and identifying potential opportunities to address themthrough EO. Moreover, collecting the existing datasets and the technical require-ments corresponding to each use case defines the specifics of implementing EOdata at each site and supports the technical part of the project with the relevantinformation to meet their objectives. The considering workflow is divided intofour tasks.

UR - https://tupa.gtk.fi/raportti/arkisto/55_2023.pdf

M3 - Paper

SP - 35

T2 - EU Supercluster Lapland Geoconference

Y2 - 30 October 2023 through 31 October 2023

ER -