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RawMatCop Academy
The home of Copernicus for
Raw Materials courses

Run by EIT RawMaterials and co-funded by the European Union
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About RawMatCop Academy

The RawMatCop Academy offers practical, hands-on courses in Copernicus for Raw Materials. Participants are trained to unlock the power of Copernicus for companies, organisations, and research institutions along the entire life-cycle of raw materials.

Course participants will work directly with Copernicus Sentinel satellite data and learn how to apply it in the workplace for the improvement of:

  • Securing the primary and secondary mineral and material resources needed to transition to a sustainable and circular economy
  • Monitoring environmental impact and increasing safety

About Copernicus

Copernicus is the European Union’s Earth Observation Programme, looking at our planet and its environment for the ultimate benefit of all.

With the Copernicus programme, satellite data from the ‘Sentinels’ is freely available with a high revisit time. This enables a deeper understanding of areas of interest along the entire life-cycle of raw materials in a consistently up-to-date and stand-alone manner. In this way, Earth Observation (EO) methods contribute to a safe and sustainable supply of mineral resources through improving efficiency of operations and monitoring capabilities of major aspects in the materials value chain such as exploration efficiency, exploitation safety, and waste tracking of mineral resources.

Upcoming RawMatCop Academy courses

  • Advanced course
    Advanced Applications of Remote Sensing in Raw Materials
    14-16 February 2024
    in-person (Seville, Spain)

Who should apply?

Entrepreneurs and industry professionals from the exploration, mining and processing sectors who are looking for innovative techniques to monitor and manage raw materials in their organisation.

We also welcome geoscientists, development and environmental experts, researchers, master and doctoral students working in the raw materials sector as well as remote sensing practitioners interested in learning raw materials applications.

Meet our experts

  • Dr. Louis Andreani
    Independent Consultant in Remote Sensing

    Expert in satellite-based remote sensing applied to raw materials, tectonics and natural hazards.

  • Dr. Elsy Ibrahim
    RawMatCop Researcher at University of Liège and Independent Consultant in the Earth Observation sector (NOVOJY SPRL)

    Multidisciplinary remote sensing expert and freelance consultant

  • Dr. Sara Kasmaeeyazdi
    Mining Engineer and Post-Doc Researcher at University of Bologna

    Expert in in geostatistics and remote sensing in the fields of resources exploration and environment.

  • Dr. Christian Köhler
    Institute of Mine Surveying and Geodesy at TU Bergakademie Freiberg

    Physicist with expertise in remote sensing for environmental monitoring

  • Dr. Ignacio Marzán
    Researcher at CSIC

    Multidisciplinary geophysicist focused on monitoring our interaction with the underground environment in natural resources searching.

  • Prof. Thorkild M. Rasmussen
    Exploration Geophysics at Luleå University of Technology

    Expert in Mineral Exploration, Airborne Geophysical and Satellite Data

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