ERC Consolidator Grant · 2024
Enabling Global-Scale Mine-Level Indicators from Satellite Observations
The global surge in mining, driven by decarbonisation and digitalisation, has uncovered a critical gap in our understanding of its environmental and social impacts and risks. Despite the seemingly abundant knowledge about mining operations, they remain largely unmeasured, even within the European Union, posing a challenge to sustainable development efforts. Essential indicators, such as geographical locations, waste generation, and details of extracted minerals and commodities, are surprisingly scant worldwide. Satellite images and artificial intelligence algorithms are prominent technologies to fill this knowledge gap. However, scaling the mapping of mining indicators to the global level…
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