Team and Partners

Work Packages

  • WP1 Lead: René Booysen (HZDR)

    The goal of this work package is to coordinate MOSMIN in a way that maximises its potential for impact creation and market uptake:

    • Project secretariat: Financial follow-up and administrative coordination and reporting;

    • Strategic coordination and integration of project results;

    • Communication inside the consortium and towards the European Commission;

    • Continuous quality and risk management;

    • Management of intellectual property rights and data management as well as ethics.

  • WP2 Lead: Oriol Monserrat (CTTC)

    The goal of this work package is to develop vertically integrated services and tools for the geotechnical monitoring of Tailings Storage Facilities (TSFs) and Waste Rock Dumps (WRDs). This includes optimising InSAR processing for automated, reliable surface deformation measurements over long periods, and establishing workflows for the early detection of dam movements using near real-time SAR data processing. It also involves defining radar and multispectral data-based products to monitor moisture in tailings, and trialing time-resolved electrical resistivity tomography to assess humidity conditions within dam walls. WP2 also looks to complement InSAR measurements by deploying autonomous seismic sensors and fiber-optic cables to identify changes in seismic velocities for early detection of subsurface weak zones and deformation.

  • WP3 Lead:Calin Baciu (UBB)

    This work package focuses on developing environmental monitoring services and tools by integrating remote sensing with in situ measurements. It involves mapping the chemical and mineralogical composition of rocks, sediment and soil and analyzing the chemical composition of waters to assess acid mine drainage effects. It also includes a multi-scale and multi-temporal vegetation analysis, integrating satellite- and UAV-based mapping products with in-situ and sample-based analytical data of plants.

  • WP4 Lead: Dr. Sandra Lorenz (temporal replacement: Dr. Richard Gloaguen)

    This work package focuses on developing vertically integrated services and tools for the valorisation of mining-related deposits. It includes defining suitable spectral products for surface material characterization of TSFs, WRDs, and stockpiles using multi-scale spectral observations, and developing integrated digital solutions for valorisation, volume estimation, and tracking of stockpiles based on topographic and spectral data. The package also aims to fuse surface material properties with subsurface geophysical data for resource domaining and assessing re-mining potential in WRDs, while optimizing machine-learning techniques for resolution enhancement, data fusion, and multi-temporal analysis to enable commercial-scale implementation of these services.

  • WP5 Lead: Alexander Bergström (NSP)

    The goal of this work package is to ensure successful market entry and continuous growing market share and sales for MOSMIN services.. Key aspects for reaching the main objectives include extensive customer insight, trend and competitor analysis, business service design, business modelling and financial planning, including investment needs analysis.

  • WP6 Lead:Trevelayne Faller (HZDR)

    The goal of this work package is to ensure the project updates and results are being effectively communicated, disseminated and exploited. This includes:

    • Enhancing awareness, visibility, and potential of the project.

    • Disseminating project results and their impact to a diverse audience (industry, environmental bodies, EU Citizens, other stakeholders). Integrate the generated know-how with the experience of similar & complementary projects.

    • Identifying the ownership of background IP and address the foreground developed by MOSMIN, including an exploitation plan for the results, knowledge, and products derived from the project. Convert technology developed by the consortium into industrial patents and ensure adequate protection of Intellectual Property Rights by leveraging the strong presence of industrial partners in the consortium. To provide the basis for follow-up plans regarding technology adoption.

    • Assuring effective communication throughout the project to prepare the way for future product commercialization

Partner Representatives

  • he Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) is a research center focused on energy, health, and matter.

  • Dr. Verónica Rodríguez Tribaldos

  • Calin Baciu

  • Oriol Monserrat

    Oriol's role includes leading WP2, with a specific focus on tasks related to InSAR for ground displacement monitoring. This involves developing approaches tailored for tailing dams, testing them across MOSMIN project sites, and validating the results using in-situ data. To support the validation, a set of passive corner reflectors will be installed at two sites.

  • Diana Comte

  • Pavel Pavlovskiy

    Pavel Pavlovsky will be leading the technical, financial and administrative matters of the project at GeoKinesia. Under the WP2 Pavel will coordinate the work of GeoKinesia with other entities as well as with the MOSMIN consortium as a whole. Pavel will also play a special role under the WP5 – business opportunities identification and business strategy development.

  • Alexander Bergström

    Aexander is the leader of Work Package 5, Business Opportunities, which aims to ensure successful commercialization of products and services developed in the MOSMIN project. Key activities involve market analysis, customer and market validation, business model design, developing go-to-market strategies and financial business-cases.

  • Cecilia Contreras

    Cecilia will be supporting the hyperspectral and satellite-based data processing and integration with ground truth data, as well as the development of the tools for the vertical integration of the workflows and data. 

  • René Orellana

    Codelco is the world's leading producer of copper mines, a leader in mineral reserves worldwide and a driving force behind the country's development.

  • Chris Wijns & Peter Johnstone

    First Quantum is a global copper company, producing copper in the form of concentrate, cathode and anode, and have inventories of nickel, gold and cobalt.

  • Nicolae Pavel

    CupruMin is a state-owned company specializing in copper mining and processing. It operates the Roșia Poieni mine, the largest copper reserve in Romania, playing a key role in the country's mining industry.

  • Erik Ronne

    New Boliden is a mining and smelting company focused on metals like zinc, copper, and gold. It operates mines and smelters in Scandinavia, playing a significant role in the global metals industry.