[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv id=\u0022republish_modal_form\u0022\u003E\u003Cform class=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form ecl-form\u0022 data-drupal-selector=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 action=\u0022\/en\/article\/modal\/5783\u0022 method=\u0022post\u0022 id=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 accept-charset=\u0022UTF-8\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHorizon articles can be republished for free under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EYou must give appropriate credit. We ask you to do this by:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 1) Using the original journalist\u0027s byline\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 2) Linking back to our original story\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 3) Using the following text in the footer: This article was originally published in \u003Ca href=\u0027#\u0027\u003EHorizon, the EU Research and Innovation magazine\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003ESee our full republication guidelines \u003Ca href=\u0027\/horizon-magazine\/republish-our-stories\u0027\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EHTML for this article, including the attribution and page view counter, is below:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022js-form-item form-item js-form-type-textarea form-item-body-content js-form-item-body-content ecl-form-group ecl-form-group--text-area form-no-label ecl-u-mv-m\u0022\u003E\n \n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \u003Ctextarea data-drupal-selector=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 aria-describedby=\u0022edit-body-content--description\u0022 id=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 name=\u0022body_content\u0022 rows=\u00225\u0022 cols=\u002260\u0022 class=\u0022form-textarea ecl-text-area\u0022\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EDeep earth modelling to reveal vast EU deposits\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEU member countries consume about a third of all metals produced in the world. However, metal production within the EU itself is only about 3 % of the global production, and many important metals are not produced in Europe at all.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at ProMine, an EU-funded project aiming to help better exploit Europe\u0027s geological resources, have conducted 3D modelling of four highly metal-rich regions of Europe - in Scandinavia, in the region around northern Germany and Poland, in the Iberian peninsula, and in the Hellenic Belt of northern Greece.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey believe that further scanning to create a 3D map of the rocks deep under Europe will reveal the continent\u0027s \u2018vast untouched geological potential\u2019 of concealed ore deposits up to five kilometres underground.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImporting enough material to cover its needs costs the EU about EUR 11 billion each year, according to the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK). At the same time, the value of unexploited minerals in the EU at a depth of 500 to 1\u0026nbsp;000 metres is estimated to be about EUR 100 billion, the same geological survey found.\u0026nbsp;The high value of these minerals should now encourage investment in new extraction technologies that will make it economically feasible to exploit them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022tw-text-center tw-text-blue tw-font-bold tw-text-2xl lg:tw-w-1\/2 tw-border-2 tw-border-blue tw-p-12 tw-my-8 lg:tw-m-12 lg:tw--ml-16 tw-float-left\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022tw-text-5xl tw-rotate-180\u0022\u003E\u201c\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022tw-font-serif tw-italic\u0022\u003E\u20184D modelling is the new approach to understand genesis and geometry of ore deposits.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cfooter\u003E\n \u003Ccite class=\u0022tw-not-italic tw-font-normal tw-text-sm tw-text-black\u0022\u003EJuha Kaija, ProMine project manager \u003C\/cite\u003E\n \u003C\/footer\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\nThe European metal industry provides 30 million jobs and 70 % of the EU\u2019s manufacturing production depends on these raw materials, according to the European Association of Metals, Eurometaux.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGet the data\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThanks to the leadership of Professor Gabor Ga\u00e1l (Geological Survey of Finland), the technical coordinator of the ProMine project, scientists from Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom came together to try to work out where Europe\u0027s metal deposits are located, and build a database of their results.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018This has never before been done in Europe,\u2019 ProMine\u2019s project manager and GTK specialist Juha Kaija said. \u2018Databases will help direct the exploration activities, but they are also important for land-use planning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018(The) team firmly believes that Europe is strongly underexplored and that further initiatives related to understanding the mineral resource base of Europe will lead to reduced import dependence,\u2019 he added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey used the information to make so-called \u2018predictive maps\u2019 of commodities \u2013 especially strategic and critical materials such as zinc, copper, antimony used to make alloys, radioactive flerovium and tin.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018(The maps database) contains a considerable amount of information about mineral resource potential, which now allows predictive assessment studies that were not previously possible,\u2019 Kaija said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey then went on to do 3D and 4D modelling which can show the formation and shapes of ores, giving some indication of where deposits might be.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022img_legend\u0022\u003E\u003Cfigure role=\u0022group\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cimg alt=\u0022Juha Kaija is the ProMine project manager. \u00a9 GTK, V.-M.Jalovaara\u0022 height=\u0022133\u0022 src=\u0022\/research-and-innovation\/sites\/default\/files\/hm\/H03-Juha_Kaija_DSC_0294_A.JPG\u0022 title=\u0022Juha Kaija is the ProMine project manager. \u00a9 GTK, V.-M.Jalovaara\u0022 width=\u0022200\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cfigcaption class=\u0022tw-italic tw-mb-4\u0022\u003EJuha Kaija is the ProMine project manager. \u00a9 GTK, V.-M.Jalovaara\u003C\/figcaption\u003E\n\u003C\/figure\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003EJuha Kaija is the ProMine project manager. \u00a9 GTK, V.-M.Jalovaara\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u2018First thorough 3D analysis is made, a new dimension is added by deciphering the deformation history of ore in steps back in time,\u2019 said Kaija. \u20184D modelling is the new approach to understand genesis and geometry of ore deposits.\u0027\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis first ever pan-European database will be used by mining companies to help them decide where to dig, and it also contains information about the economic value of the reserves. A new project,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan\u003EMinerals4EU, aims to continue with the database, setting up a network of organisations providing information on EU minerals, and then transforming this into a sustainable operational service.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018(The materials developed by ProMine) are a crucial step towards a better assessment of primary and secondary resources in Europe that, in turn, will strengthen the extractive industry and help secure European supply in mineral resources,\u2019 Kaija said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhilst the EUR 17 million ProMine project has recently reached its end date, four years since its inception, the story of how its results will change the EU\u2019s dependence on metal and mineral imports is just starting to unfold.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Commercialisation of the results is an important step,\u2019 Kaija said, assuring the network built between scientists and industry will \u2018live long\u2019 from now.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022img_legend\u0022 style=\u0022float: none; display: block; width: 550px;\u0022\u003E\u003Cfigure role=\u0022group\u0022\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ptrarc.gtk.fi\/ProMine\/default.aspx\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\u0022Here is an example of ProMine interactive map of Europe\u2019s rich underground. Here, we have an overview of critical minera raw materials\u2019 location. (C) ProMine\u0022 height=\u0022308\u0022 src=\u0022\/research-and-innovation\/sites\/default\/files\/hm\/map.jpg\u0022 style=\u0022float: none; display: block;\u0022 title=\u0022Here is an example of ProMine interactive map of Europe\u2019s rich underground. Here, we have an overview of critical minera raw materials\u2019 location. (C) ProMine\u0022 width=\u0022550\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAn example of the ProMine interactive map of Europe\u2019s mineral-rich underground. Here, we have an overview of the location of critical mineral raw materials. (c) ProMine\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003Cfigcaption class=\u0022tw-italic tw-mb-4\u0022\u003EHere is an example of ProMine interactive map of Europe\u2019s rich underground. Here, we have an overview of critical minera raw materials\u2019 location. 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