ImpactMin Symposium - 27-28 November 2012, LULEA, Sweden
Mining industry will inevitably continue to satisfy the demand of modern society with different kinds of raw materials. The impacts of mining activities are relevant for the society as well as for the environment in general, and there are a range of research and investigation to map these impacts, their magnitude and extent.
The ImpactMin project, co-funded by the European Union's 7th Framework Program has been running since January 2010 and has developed and tested various tools and methods to monitor the impact of mineral resources exploitation.
The ImpactMin Consortium final event took place in Lulea, Sweden on 27-28 November 2012 in order to showcase you an EU wide approach with state of the art scientific content. Responsible mining, environmental footprint reduction and earth observation tools were the key topics of the event featuring internationally recognized keynote speakers and presentations on the project results. You can download the final agenda from this link.
Program
Key Note Presentations:
- Risk-based inventory of mining waste. EU legislation, assessment, methods and implementation - Gyõzõ Jordan (EC – Mine Waste Inventory WG)
- Environmental Monitoring and Responsible Mining - Anders Lundkvist (LKAB)
- Earth Observation and Monitoring of Mining Areas - State of the Art and Future Challenges - Norbert Benecke (DMT GmbH & Co. Kg)
- EO tools and services - Marc Goossens (Geosense B.V.)
I. Section
- ImpactMin- Russian case study - Ben Williamson (UNEXE – University of Exeter, Camborne School of Mines)
- ImpactMin– Romanian case study - Calin Baciu (UBB – Babes Bolyai University)
- ImpactMin– Mostar case study - Amer Smailbegovic (Photon - Photon llc.)
- ImpactMin– Kristineberg case study - Frauke Ecke (LTU – Lulea University of Technology)
- EO-Miners project - Stephane Chevrel (BRGM – French Geological Survey)
II. Section: Mining and Society
- ImpactMin – Socio-economics - Ben Williamson (UNEXE – University of Exeter, Camborne School of Mines)
- ProMine - New resources and new technologies for mineral industry in Europe - Gabor Gaál (GTK – Finnish Geological Survey)
- Environmental Permitting in the Mining Industry: Compliance and Competitiveness - Patrik Söderholm (LTU – Lulea University of Technology)
III Section: EO tools and services
- ImpactMin results – Environmental monitoring of mining in hyperspace - Ils Reusen (VITO – Flemish Institute for Technological Research)
- Environmental geochemistry of South Ural geotechnical system - Pavel Aminov (IMIN – Russian Academy of Science – Institute of Mineralogy)
- Hyperspectral surveying - Amer Smailbegovic (Photon - Photon llc.)
- Hyperspectral and Thermal Surveying - Christian Fischer (DLR – Germany Aerospace Center)
- GEO and Minerals - Stephane Chevrel (BRGM – Point of contact, GEO)
- Mining-induced ground deformations in Kiruna and Malmberget - Jimmy Töyrä (LKAB)
- Airborne laser scanning in Sweden - Andreas Rönnberg (Lantmateriet - The Swedish mapping, cadastre and land registration authority)
- Smartplanes Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Mine Surveying and Vegetation Mapping - Olle Hagner (Smartplanes AB)
- Rikola Hyperspectral Camera for UAVs - Jussi Soukkamaki
