Conveners: Giorgia Carano (Politecnico di Torino), Susanna Grita (Sapienza Università di Roma), Anna Sorrentino (Università di Napoli Federico II), Rita Chirico (Università di Napoli Federico II)
giorgia.carano@polito.it
giorgia.carano@polito.it
With the development of technological applications necessary for the green energy transition, there is a rise in demand for critical and strategic minerals, pushing mining companies to apply effective and sustainable approaches to extractive activities. This session presents remote sensing as an innovative and non-invasive tool in support of the mining industry. It focuses on investigating innovative techniques that can assist in all the phases of mining operations, from early-stage exploration to mine monitoring to post-mining closure and beneficiation, complementing fieldwork and laboratory-based geochemical and mineralogical analyses. Accepted works will include studies carried out using lab and field point spectrometers or scanning systems, multispectral/hyperspectral/SAR satellite data, airborne and drone images, as well as geospatial techniques and will encompass the following topics:
- Mineral detection and abundance estimation and lithological mapping for mining operations
- 2D/3D mine and quarry face mapping
- Minesite deformation monitoring and change detection
- Mine related environmental monitoring such as acid mine drainage detection, deforestation or marine/land ecosystem degradation monitoring
- New algorithms and calibration/validation processes for geological remote sensing applications.