This month, the participation of CERENA in an international consortium to reinforce Europe’s strategic autonomy in critical raw materials was announced.
Xcalibur Smart Mapping, a global leader in the airborne and mapping geophysics industry, leads the consortium, which also includes CERENA, ISPRA (Superior Institute for the Environmental Protection, Italy), and IGME-CSIC (Geological and Mining Institute, Spain), and counts on the strategic guidance from key stakeholders, including EuroGeoSurveys and Eurometaux.
The present initiative – GREENMETALS MAPPING was awarded by EIT RawMaterials, and aims to deliver European-scale digital infrastructure for AI-powered resource intelligence. It fully aligns with the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), the European Green Deal, and key EU sustainable frameworks, including CSRD and the EU Taxonomy. The platform integrates two modules: a Geospatial Intelligence Suite, for predictive exploration and risk mapping, and a Circular Economy KPI Dashboard, which delivers traceability, carbon metrics and ensures EU-aligned reporting capabilities.
In the words of Leonardo Azevedo, coordinator at CERENA, “Increasing the EU’s resilience to critical raw materials supply and accelerating the implementation of the CRMA requires easy-to-access, structured and up-to-date information for decision-makers and communities. GREENMETALS MAPPING addresses these challenges with the development of state-of-the-art Earth-centred AI and advanced geo-modelling tools to support the sustainable green and digital transition.”
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