European Mining in the Green and Digital Era
MASTERMINE aspires to become the go-to ecosystem for mines that envision digitalization, environmental sustainability, productivity monitoring and public acceptance within their strategic goals. The focus will be on an Industrial Metaverse (IM) approach to build a digitalized copy of a real-world mine.
The vision of MASTERMINE is to become the foundation for the green and digital European mine of the future and it consists of the following modules:
With CYBERMINE, we lead the digital transformation of EU Mine 4.0, through AUTOMINE we foster autonomous and electric operations along with smart monitoring and maintenance, we ensure safety and stability in critical structures using GEOMINE and in GREENMINE we enhance the environmental sustainability of the mines by improving KPIs like energy consumption, air quality and GHG emissions, water savings and waste valorization.
In METAMINE, we build a virtual world for the EU mines, being the first to introduce the concept of the mining metaverse incorporating all the technologies, along with digital twins and business intelligence to provide simulation capabilities and decision support to the user. Through OURMINE, we bring the communities together, build trust around the sustainability compliance of the raw material and foster social innovation.
AuroraGeo's role in Mastermine
Within MASTERMINE, AuroraGeo contributes to the development and validation of advanced geotechnical workflows for open-pit mine stability assessment and design optimisation. Through the project, AuroraGeo has developed and tested a smart mine design software platform that helps mining and geotechnical engineers better understand structurally controlled slope behaviour and support safer, more efficient mine planning. In particular, the platform integrates geological, structural and geotechnical data for slope stability analysis, structural domaining, block stability assessment and pit design review.
Integrated Earth Observation based platform to enhance the life cycle of critical raw materials
TERRAVISION’s EO Mining Services Platform will leverage four key innovation pillars to enhance the entire raw materials life cycle:
- Data Ecosystem: Harnessing data from diverse sources to monitor the raw materials life cycle.
- Analysis Ready Data and Raw Materials Spectral Library: Standardizing EO data for seamless integration with in-situ data, facilitating comprehensive spectral analysis
- EO Services for the Mining Industry: Developing essential services critical to the supply chain (i.e., mapping of critical raw materials, mineral exploration, extraction rates in opencast mines and volume estimation) and enabling dynamic hazard mapping for proactive risk management
- Green & Resilience Accountability: Quantifying the environmental and socio-economic impact of mining activities to promote sustainability and resilience in the supply chain
AuroraGeo's role in Terravision
In the TERRAVISION project, AuroraGeo contributes to the development of dynamic hazard mapping services for mining environments, combining geotechnical expertise, Earth Observation data, field knowledge and data-driven workflows. AuroraGeo’s role focuses on combining geological, geotechnical, monitoring and weather data, with the use of ML, into a practical tool that supports hazard assessment, improved situational awareness and safer decision-making in mining operations.
Interpretation of slope behaviour with the use of InSAR data.
Interpretation of slope behaviour with the use of Ground-Based SAR data. Guardian Software of IDS-Georadar.
Rock mass mapping. Zonation of the slope into different classes of rock mass quality with the use of GSI system.
Spatial Distribution – Zonation of RMR. Map developed in GIS environment.
"Morales, M., Panthi K.K., Botsialas K. (2019). Slope stability assessment of an open pit mine using three-dimensional rock mass modelling. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. DOI: 10.1007/s10064-017-1175-4"
Discontinuities Mapping and Analysis.
Sirovision and Dips software were used.
Slope Monitoring and slope stability assessment.
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