1. SBA Energy and Mineral Resource Management
Community Activity CA-06: Earth Observation Data in Mineral Resources (and non-renewable energy)
PoC : Stéphane Chevrel, BRGM, France
CA-06 : EO data in Mineral Resources

2. Background
Former WP task SB-05-C2 (GEO VIII, Istanbul, 2011): Impact monitoring System for Geo-Resource exploration and Exploitation
Integration of spaceborne, airborne and ground-based EO datasets into mature stakeholder-oriented EO products to monitor the societal and environmental impacts of the extractive industry over all phases of a project, from exploration to closure
CA-06 : EO data in Mineral Resources

3. Economic and societal importance of minerals
Mining is not everything, but without mining, everything is nothing!
Max Planck
The mining and extractive industry plays a significant role in the development of many countries all over the world
Most sectors, such as construction, chemicals, automotive, aerospace, machinery and equipment sectors
that provide e.g. in the EU a total value added of € 1´324 billion, and employment for some 30 million people,
depend on unimpaired access to raw materials.

4. Minerals: a global issue…

5. Mining: a global issue…

6. Coal and Lignite a global issue too…

7. Growing environmental impacts by mineral extraction
Source: Mudd 2009, Australia
"Unused extraction" grows ➢ more waste, water distraction, landscape change…
Land use conflicts
Resource extraction prefers sparsely populated areas as conflicts grow with population density

8. CA-06 overarching activities
Develop tool sets and information products for the Resource Assessment, Monitoring and Forecasting of Geological Resources (including mineral and fossil resources, raw material and groundwater)
Develop tool sets for environmental impacts monitoring of mining and processing operations
Identify and foster implementation of strategic measures for the competitive, reliable and sustainable management of geo-resources exploitation and treatment of re-usable materials
CA-06 : EO data in Mineral Resources

9. CA-06 initially planned activities
Definition, or refinement, of a set of area-specific essential variables to be validated by the CoP and GEO in view of measuring and monitoring the status of mineral resources assessment and exploitation
Definition of methodologies and tools to map these essential variable from existing and future sensors, including citizen observatories
Global mineral mapping program using existing (ASTER) or future (EnMap) missions, on the model of the Australian Mineral Map performed by CSIRO using ASTER imagery
Global mining waste inventory program by adapting e.g. the PECOMINES project methodology to currently available sensors (Landsat TM, Sentinel -2) and/or future missions (EnMap); also connected with point 3.
Contacts with CEOS for the design of future high spectral resolution missions in support of the above objectives
Further development of integrated EO-based products to meet stakeholder requirements and engagement at regional (mining basin) to site levels
Foster their use in responsible mining initiatives, both at governments and company levels
Develop methodologies and tools for illegal mining activities monitoring
Develop methodologies for mapping secondary resources from identified mining wastes

10. The CA-06 Leads France : BRGM (PoC) Australia : CSIRO, GSA
USA : USGS, JPL
EU : EuroGeoSurveys
UK : BGS, Univ. of Nottingham
Germany : DLR, GFZ
Japan: AIST, Japan Space Systems
China: China University of Mining and Techology, RADI
Israel: Tel Aviv University
India?
Still waiting for ZA to join….
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11. 2016 completed activities First CA-06 meeting
Held at CSIRO in Perth (WA) through physical attendees (AU, JP, US) and WebEx (FR, UK, DE, IL, CN) on February 3rd
Issues and outcomes
Generation of a publicly available Global ASTER Geoscience map to be delivered to GEO
Definition of possible product standards for global, public hyperspectral satellite land surface composition
Global land surface composition spectral libraries
Identification of user community and their requirements related with energy and minerals
CA-06 : EO data in Mineral Resources

12. 2016 completed activities
Submission (April 7) of a CA-06 General Comment on the consultation on the UNDP – WEF draft report on ‘’Mapping Mining to the Sustaianble Development Goals’’
potential contribution of EO to UNDP 2016 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 
Submission (April 7) of a CA-06 proposal on the EU consultation on next Societal Challenge 5 Work Programme
Input from the GEO (Group on Earth Observation) Community Activity on “Earth Observation Data in Mineral Resources” (CA-06)
Article entitled ‘’towards a global mapping of Earth’s Surface minerals” accepted for oral presentation at IGC35 (Cape Town , September 2016)
CA-06 : EO data in Mineral Resources

13. Next CA-06 proposed meetings
Possible CA-06 meeting in Beijing (IGARSS 2016, July and/or at IGC35 in Cape Town (29 August– 2 September )
2nd WGCE (Working Group on Coal and Environment) workshop in Sept-Oct 2016 in Xuzhou, China (dates TBC by Prof. Lixin Wu)
CA-06 : EO data in Mineral Resources

14. Activities for 2017-2019 WP Overall plans Activities
Generation of a publicly available Global ASTER Geoscience map to be delivered to GEO
Definition of possible product standards for global, public hyperspectral satellite land surface composition
Global land surface composition spectral libraries
Identification of user community and their requirement, including mineral regulation enforcement
Activities
Scope of work for CA-06 in Energy and Minerals SBA to be presented at GEO XIII in St Petersburg
Global ASTER Geoscience map : challenges, collaborations, network, path for moving forward
Definition of relevant essential variables…
Cross-cutting activities
Links with GI-10 and GI-18 (SDGs)
Illegal mining : links with GFOI, GMOS (GEOBON?)
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15. Data and Knowledge through GEO portal
Mineral resources lack dedicated EO system or program and currently use EO systems and programs from other SBAs.
ASTER
WorldView-3
Baseline data to be made available for the community
e.g. One-Geology
Provision of global ASTER geoscience map
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16. Community structuration
Energy and Minerals expert at GEO Sec?
Energy expert at Programme Board (T. Ranchin)
CoP Energy?
CA-06 PoC
C-06 Leads (lack oil and gas representatives)
Contributors?
No current project funded
Next H2020 calls
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17. Stakeholders Key stakeholders, user community
Governmental organisation
Inventories
Monitoring
Law enforcement
Industry
Resource assessement
Site monitoring
Sustainable mining initiatives
SLO
International organisations
UNDP SDGs
WB?
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18. CA-06 and SDGs
CA-06 : EO data in Mineral Resources