SECURE AND SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY OF RAW MATERIALS FOR EU INDUSTRY

Project Information

S34I

Grant agreement ID: 101091616

DOI

10.3030/101091616

Project closed

EC signature date 18 November 2022

Start date 1 January 2023

End date 30 June 2025

Funded under

• Digital, Industry and Space

Total cost

€ 4 498 607,75

EU contribution

€ 4 498 607,75

Coordinated by

UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO
Portugal

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (11)

D6.1: Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation Plan

Plan on CDE activities as well as the standardization actions, scientific results exploitation and future industrial market uptake.(Task 6.1)

D3.3: Catalogue of Innovative New Methods to Analyse Earth Observation Data

This report will summarize the prototyped methods for RM mapping, monitoring and modelling, exploiting EO data and demonstrated in the project to tackle specific challenges to concrete mines covering all phases of a mine life-cycle.(Task 3.1, 3.2, 3.4)

D4.2: Catalogue of EO-based Prototyped Services for Early Warnings

This document will report the prototyped EO-based services for Early Warnings according to a harmonized description sheet.(Task 4.2)

D4.1: Catalogue of EO-based Prototyped Services for CRM and non-CRM Deposits Mapping

This document will report the prototyped EO-based services for CRM Deposits Mapping according to a harmonized description sheet.(Task 4.1)

D6.2: Communication and Dissemination Materials

Report including the list of project communication and dissemination materials such as project web site and contents, brochure, newsletters,scientific papers, success stories, videos, stakeholders clustering WS summary reports, policy briefs, open datasets, etc. as planned, and the report on CDE indicators for tracking and actions, if needed. For the scientific papers, it will compile all the abstracts disseminated by project partners along the project duration.(Task 6.1, 6.2)

D4.3: Catalogue of EO-based Prototyped Services for Environment Monitoring

This document will report the prototyped EO-based services for Environmental Monitoring according to a harmonized description sheet.(Task 4.3)

D6.5: R&D Road-mapping and Future Exploitation

This document will provide an actionable roadmap for further research, development and operationalization of EO-based methods and services required by mining stakeholders in the medium and long term.(Task 6.5)

D3.2: Catalogue of Open High Added Value Datasets

This document will summarize the research datasets in terms of new or updated RM inventory, updated deposits information, potential deposits in land or coastal areas, potential of waste, etc., which will be made public at least through EDGI.(Task 3.3)

D2.1: Strategic Planning Requirements for Modern Mining Ensuring Compliance with Sustainable Development at Regional and Local Scales

This document will present the conclusions on aspects that apply to mines along their life-cycle for greater responsible mining at EU deposits. This will embrace circularity, sustainability of mining value chains and RM flows and will provide guidelines and recommendations on EO-based information to support public awareness processes, including coastal areas.(Task 2.1, 2.2, 2.3)

D6.4: Recommended Protocols for Mining Stakeholders on the Usage of Non-Invasive Remote Sensing Technologies

This report will serve as a tutorial providing guidelines and best practices for mining stakeholders to use and exploit remote sensing technologies for the benefit of their mining activities in terms of increasing both sustainability and local stakeholders' acceptability while adopting digitalization techniques.(Task 6.3, 6.4)

D3.1: Technical requirements for data harmonization and data infrastructures interoperability

This document will provide technical requirements to ensure both compatibility of data from heterogeneous remote sensing sources, and interoperability among different data infrastructures.(Task 3.2, 3.3)

Data Management Plan (2)

D1.4 version 2: Data Management Plan 2

This plan will cover the HE data management requirements, including at least the aspects related to data formats, data usage, protocols for data exchange, data sovereignty and ownership, data sharing principles, data confidentiality, data portability, and compliance with EC regulations about personal data.(Task 1.3)

D1.4 version 1: Data Management Plan 1

This plan will cover the HE data management requirements, including at least the aspects related to data formats, data usage, protocols for data exchange, data sovereignty and ownership, data sharing principles, data confidentiality, data portability, and compliance with EC regulations about personal data.(Task 1.3)

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

D6.3: MOOC Design, Implementation and 1st edition Report

This document will report on the MOOC design aspects such as organization in sections or weeks and educational components such as videos, readings, forum discussions, practical activities, weekly tests and final examination. Credits to all contributors will be visible. The first edition will be assessed in terms of core metrics and submetrics covering educational contents features, social features and genre balance, anonymised students' feedback as well as successful completion rate including results per gender. Lessons learned for improvements in the next editions will be derived.(Task 6.2)

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Remote Sensing

Author(s): Farahnkain, Fahimeh; Luodes, Nike; Karlsson, Teemu
Published in: Remote Sensing, 2024, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs16244680

Algorithms

Author(s): Santos, Gonçalo; Cardoso-Fernandes, Joana; Teodoro, Ana
Published in: Algorithms, Issue AetherGeo: A Spectral Analysis Interface for Geologic Mapping, 2025, ISSN 1999-4893
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/A18070378

GPS Solutions

Author(s): Hamza, Veton; Stopar, Bojan; Sterle, Oskar; Pavlovčič Prešeren, Polona
Published in: GPS Solutions, Issue 29, 56, 2025, ISSN 1080-5370
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-025-01815-x

Spectral Angle Mapper Application Using Sentinel-2 in Coastal Placer Deposits in Vigo Estuary, Northwest Spain

Author(s): Wai L. Ng-Cutipa, Ana Lobato, Francisco Javier González, Georgios P. Georgalas, Irene Zananiri, Morgana Carvalho, Joana Cardoso-Fernandes, Luis Somoza, Rubén Piña, Rosario Lunar, Ana Claudia Teodoro
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/RS17111824

Erdbeobachtungstechnologien im Bergbau

Author(s): Maria Mavroudi, Rushaniia Gubaidullina, Michael Tost und Ana Cláudia Teodoro
Published in: BHM Berg- und Hüttenmännische Monatshefte, Issue 169 (4), 206-210, 2024, ISSN 1613-7531
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/S00501-024-01446-8

Research Projects towards an Innovative, Digitalised, and Responsible Extractive Industry: Examples from the Chair of Mining Engineering and Mineral Economics

Author(s): Paulina Fernández; Felipe Sánchez; Maria Mavroudi; Karin Ungerer; Philipp Hartlieb; Michael Tost
Published in: BHM Berg- und Hüttenmännische Monatshefte, 2025, ISSN 1613-7531
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/S00501-025-01557-W

Conference proceedings (30)

S34I Deteção Remota Aplicada à Optimização de Processos na Indústria Mineira

Author(s): Teodoro, Ana Cláudia; Lima, Alexandre; Vasconcelos, Clara; Cardoso-Fernandes, Joana; Santos, Patrícia; SOARES AZZALINI, Antonio; Carvalho, Morgana; Resta, Giulia
Published in: X Conferência Nacional de Cartografia e Geodesia, 2023
Publisher: Ordem dos Engenheiros
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.11279904

Marine placer occurrences and associated critical raw materials in Rias Baixas (NW Spain)

Author(s): Ng-Cutipa, Wai Long; Lobato, Ana; González Sanz, Francisco Javier; Zananiri, Irene; Georgalas, Georgios; Teodoro, Ana Cláudia; Støren, Jacob; Myrnes, Ingrid
Published in: 37th International Geological Congress 2024, 2024
Publisher: IUGS
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13777612

Evaluation of EnMAP Hyperspectral Data for the Identification of Placers in the Rias Baixas Region (Spain)

Author(s): L. Araújo, Beatriz; Cardoso-Fernandes, Joana; Azzalini, Antonio; Carvalho, Morgana; Lima, Alexandre; J. González, Francisco; Teodoro, Ana Cláudia
Published in: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management, 2025
Publisher: SciTePress
DOI: 10.5220/0013496200003935

Decision tree algorithms applied to detect mineral alteration related to cobalt-nickel mineralisation in Asturias: insights of S34I project

Author(s): Carvalho, Morgana; Cardoso-Fernandes, Joana; Azzalini, Antonio; Williams, Vaughan; Lima, Alexandre; Teodoro, Ana Cláudia
Published in: SPIE Remote Sensing, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XV, 2024
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.3031530

Exploring and Mapping Marine Placers in Vigo Estuary Shoreline Using GIS Cartographic Tools

Author(s): Wai Ng-Cutipa, Ana Lobato, Francisco González, Georgios Georgalas, Irene Zananiri, Joana Cardoso-Fernandes, Ana Teodoro
Published in: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management, 2025
Publisher: SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications
DOI: 10.5220/0013496900003935

Unsupervised Learning Applied to Sentinel-1 for Shallow Waters Exploration in Galicia (Spain)

Author(s): Carvalho, Morgana; Cardoso-Fernandes, Joana; Araújo, Beatriz; Lima, Alexandre; Teodoro, Ana Cláudia
Published in: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2024, ISSN 2153-7003
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10641970

Titanium, Zirconium and Rare Earth Element placer deposits in coastal environments of Rías Baixas (Galicia, NW Spain)

Author(s): Ng-Cutipa, W.L.; Gonzalez, J.; Lobato, A.; Zananiri, I.; Teodoro, A.
Published in: Underwater Mineral Conference, 2023
Publisher: International Marine Minerals Society
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.12566751

Multi-Sensor Approach for Cobalt Exploration in Asturias (Spain) Using Machine Learning Algorithms

Author(s): Carvalho, Morgana; Azzalini, Antonio; Cardoso-Fernandes, Joana; Santos, Patrícia; Lima, Alexandre; Teodoro, Ana Cláudia
Published in: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2024
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10640581

S34I Project: Secure and Sustainable Supply of Raw Materials for EU Industry

Author(s): Teodoro, Ana Cláudia; Cardoso-Fernandes, Joana; Gheorghe, Mihaela; Falabella, Francesco; Fabiana, Calò; Pepe, Antonio; Hanelli, Delira; Knobloch, Andreas; De La Rosa, Roberto; Farahnakian, Fahimeh; Periklis Georgalas, Georgios; Sanz-Ablanedo, Enoc; Williams, Vaughan; Oštir, Krištof
Published in: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management, 2025
Publisher: SciTePress
DOI: 10.5220/0013470500003935

Seabed mining and blue growth: Exploring the potential of marine mineral deposits as a sustainable source of strategic and critical raw materials

Author(s): González Sanz, Francisco Javier
Published in: Second International Conference on Raw Materials and Circular Economy (RawMat2023), 2023
Publisher: 2nd International Conference on Raw Materials and Circular Economy
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13132849

Assessing the Reliability of InSAR Ground Displacement Products: The Role of Time Inconsistencies in Sequences of Multi-look Interferograms

Author(s): Francesco Falabella, and Antonio Pepe
Published in: EUSAR 2024 - 15th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, 2024
Publisher: European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12793595

Multitemporal LiDAR-based terrain anomaly detection of Karstic environments in the Asturian Central Massif (Cantabrian Mountains, Northwest Spain)

Author(s): Azzalini, Antonio; Cardoso-Fernandes, Joana; Carvalho, Morgana; Williams, Vaughan; Lima, Alexandre; Teodoro, Ana Cláudia
Published in: SPIE Remote Sensing, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XV, 2024
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.3031535

Airborne images integration for a first cartographic approximation of critical raw materials-rich placers on Santa Marta Beach (Ría de Vigo, NW Spain)

Author(s): Ng-Cutipa, Wai Long; Lobato, Ana; González, Francisco Javier; Georgalas, Georgios; Zananiri, Irene; Cardoso-Fernandes, Joana; Carvalho, Morgana; Azzalini, António; Araújo, Beatriz L.; Teodoro, Ana Cláudia
Published in: SPIE Remote Sensing, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XV, 2024
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.3031637

Application of UAV, GNSS and InSAR Techniques in the Raw Material Supply Chain

Author(s): Grabrijan, Tanja; Oštir, Krištof; Kozmus Trajkovski, Klemen; Grigillo, Dejan; Grabrovec Horvat, Veronika; Pavlovčič Prešeren, Polona; Hamza, Veton; Pepe, Antonio; Calò, Fabiana; Falabella, Francesco; Sanz-Ablanedo, Enoc; Gheorghe, Mihaela; Selea, Teodora; Teodoro, Ana Cláudia
Published in: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management, 2025, ISSN 2153-7003
Publisher: SciTePress
DOI: 10.5220/0013493100003935

An Ensemble Modeling Approach for Mapping Critical Mineral Distribution with LiDAR and PRISMA Data

Author(s): Farahnakian, Fahimeh; Yousefi, Mahyar; Teodoro, Ana Cláudia
Published in: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management, 2025
Publisher: SciTePress
DOI: 10.5220/0013493300003935

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR BURST OVERLAPPED INTERFEROMETRY (BOI) AND MULTIPLE APERTURE INTERFEROMETRY (MAI) FOR THE ANALYSIS OF LARGE GROUND INSTABILITIES: EXPERIMENTS IN MINING AND VOLCANIC SITES

Author(s): Pepe, Antonio; Mastro, Pietro; Falabella, Francesco; Calò, Fabiana
Published in: 2023 IGARSS conference, 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10281965

VNIR-SWIR spectral signatures of the Cu-Co-Ni mineralization and the host rocks of El Aramo (Asturias, España).

Author(s): Suarez, Mercedes
Published in: EGU General Assembly 2024, 2024
Publisher: EGU
DOI: 10.5194/EGUSPHERE-EGU24-16838

Deep-sea minerals: a big challenge for the world sustainable future

Author(s): González Sanz, Francisco Javier
Published in: 9th Meeting of the Mineralogical Society of Poland and 28th Meeting of the Petrology group of the Mineralogical Society of Poland, 2024
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of Poland
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13132963

Sentinel data for critical raw materials (CRM) exploration: first results of the S34I project

Author(s): Cardoso-Fernandes, Joana; Carvalho, Morgana; Azzalini, Antonio; Rodrigues, Gonçalo; Monteiro, Gonçalo; Lima, Alexandre; Teodoro, Ana Cláudia M.
Published in: Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XIV, 2023, ISSN 0277-786X
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2679373

Earth Observation technologies in the transformation of the extractive industry and challenges

Author(s): Maria Mavroudi, Michael Tost, Rushaniia Gubaidullina, Nike Luodes, Toni Eerola, Hannu Panttila, Clara Vasconcelos, Morgana Carvalho, Giulia Resta, Alexandre Lima, Marta Alonso, Myriam Montes and Ana Cláudia Teodoro
Published in: EU SuperCluster Lapland Geoconference, 2023
Publisher: EU SuperCluster Lapland Geoconference
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13164305

Innovative Hyperspectral Data Fusion for Enhanced Mineral Prospectivity Mapping

Author(s): De La Rosa, Roberto; Steffen, Michael; Storch, Ina; Knobloch, Andreas; Cardoso-Fernandes, Joana; Carvalho, Morgana; Suárez Barrios, Mercedes; Morales Sánchez-Migallón, Juan; Nygren, Petri; Williams, Vaughan; Teodoro, Ana Cláudia
Published in: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management, 2025
Publisher: SciTePress
DOI: 10.5220/0013497900003935

Titanium, Zirconium and Rare Earth Element Placer Deposits in Coastal Environments of Rías Baixas (Galicia, NW Spain)

Author(s): Ng-Cutipa, Wai Long; González, Francisco Javier; Lobato, Ana; Zananiri, Irene; Teodoro, Ana Cláudia
Published in: 2023
Publisher: UMC
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.12566751

Earth observation approach to understand coastal morphology, shoreline dynamics, and their relationship with mineral placer deposits: The case of Santa Marta Beach (Ría de Vigo, NW Spain)

Author(s): Ng-Cutipa, Wai Long; Lobato, Ana; González, Francisco Javier; Georgalas, Georgios; Zananiri, Irene; Cardoso-Fernandes, Joana; Carvalho, Morgana; Azzalini, António; Araújo, Beatriz L.; Teodoro, Ana Cláudia
Published in: 2024
Publisher: ISMS24
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13777424

Mining spectral signatures for mineral resource exploration. Results from the EU S34I Project.

Author(s): Mercedes Suarez, Ángel Santamaría, José Daniel Ramírez, Juan Morales, Vaughan Williams
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15510089

AMD Mapping in the Lusatian Region: From Medium to Very High-Resolution R/S Data

Author(s): Hanelli, Delira; Sterjo, Enis; De La Rosa, Roberto; Knobloch, Andreas
Published in: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management, 2025
Publisher: SciTePress,
DOI: 10.5220/0013497200003935

A Comparative Study of Machine Learning Models for Pixel-Wise Acid Mine Drainage Classification Using Sentinel-2

Author(s): Fahimeh, Farahnakian; Johanna Pesonen, Johanna Pesonen; Nike, Luodes; Hannu, Panttila; Teemu, Karlsson
Published in: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2024, ISSN 2153-7003
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10641688

Monitoring Ground Movements by Integrating Space-Borne, Aerial, Terrestrial Remote Sensing and GNSS Observations

Author(s): Oštir, Krištof; Gubaidullina, Rushaniia; Pepe, Antonio; Calò, Fabiana; Falabella, Francesco; Grabrijan, Tanja; Kozmus Trajkovski, Klemen; Grigillo, Dejan; Grabrovec Horvat, Veronika; Hamza, Veton; Pavlovčič Prešeren, Polona; Teodoro, Ana Cláudia
Published in: IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2024, ISSN 2153-7003
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10640673

Assessing the Reliability of InSAR Ground Displacement Products: The Role of Time Inconsistencies in Sequences of Multi-look Interferograms

Author(s): Falabella, Francesco; Pepe, Antonio
Published in: 2024 EUSAR conference, 2024
Publisher: EUSAR
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.12793596

Automatic lineament extraction, using Sentinel-1 data, in the Ria de Vigo, Spain

Author(s): L. Araújo, Beatriz; Cardoso-Fernandes, Joana; Azzalini, Antonio; Carvalho, Morgana; Lima, Alexandre; J. González, Francisco; Lobato, Ana; L. Ng-Cutipa, Wai; Teodoro, Ana Cláudia
Published in: SPIE Remote Sensing, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XV, 2024
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.3031531

Where beach and sea meet: New tools applied to CRMs exploration in Ría de Vigo (NW Spain)

Author(s): González, Francisco Javier; Ng-Cutipa, Wai Long; Lobato, Ana; Georgalas, Georgios; Zananiri, Irene; Cardoso-Fernandes, Joana; Somoza, Luis; Medialdea, Teresa; Støren, Jacob; Myrnes, Ingrid; Carvalho, Morgana; Azzalini, António; Araújo, Beatriz L.; Boixereu, Ester; Teodoro, Ana Cláudia
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Mining and Minerals Hall 2024
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15207128

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Evaluation of radar and hyperspectral data for the identification of placers in the Rias Baixas region

Author(s): Beatriz Lages Araújo
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17062561

Other (1)

Análise de dados hiperspetrais de satélite para a prospeção de depósitos epitermais de Cu-Co-Ni em Aramo, Espanha

Author(s): Haeitmann, Laura
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15911194