Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and the Swedish mining and metals company, Boliden, have entered into a partnership to track and reduce emissions from smelters.
Benefiting from data analysis services offered by SSC subsidiary, GlobalTrust, Boliden will use satellite images to locate and reduce dusting from the Bergsöe lead smelter facility in Landskrona, one of Europe’s largest facilities for recycling lead batteries.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to analyze and understand Earth Observation (EO) data from satellites is becoming an increasingly important tool in the work toward sustainable development of societies on Earth.
Through GlobalTrust, SSC takes advantage of the technology at hand to provide companies and organizations with independent information to help streamlining their operations and shifting into more sustainable alternatives. The same technology can then be used to evaluate the effects of the measures taken.
“This is an entirely new approach for us in our efforts to reduce emissions from our operations and thus make Boliden’s facilities more sustainable. We have high hopes that this new technology will help us in that regard. Satellite images do not lie and they will give us credible information to locate the origin of the dust around our business,” said Sara Olsson, Head of Sustainability at Boliden Smelters.
“This is obviously a flagship contract for GlobalTrust that highlights the growing need amongst major industry actors to use satellite data as support for active decision-making. Being able to track value and production chains with independent data from space is a new tool with endless potential, not least as thousands of new satellites are expected to be launched into orbit in the coming few years,” said Richard Hilton, Founder and CEO of GlobalTrust.
Swedish Space Corporation, SSC, helps space organizations, companies, other commercial actors and research institutes to get access to space. SSC’s products and services enable successful space projects within earth observation, telecommunications, security, meteorology, navigation and positioning, scientific research and other applications. Through our more than 600 committed employees, we offer specialist expertise in satellite communications, spacecraft operations, rocket and balloon systems, launch services and flight test services. Through our local presence on all continents, we help our customers with specific solutions in space systems, subsystems, instruments, technology and other related services.
GlobalTrust is a data analytics company that helps develop and deliver sustainable strategies and embed ethical practices into the future of decision making, using the power of satellite imagery. GlobalTrust combines powerful geospatial datasets with advanced analytical tools to create scalable and rapidly customizable technical offerings to the market. Through this independent perspective on the challenges that companies and organizations are facing, GlobalTrust’s services provide a basis for well-founded decisions for the benefit of social, environmental and governance (ESG) positive actions.
Boliden is a metals company with a focus on sustainable development. Our roots are Nordic, our market global. Our core competence lies within the fields of exploration, mining, smelting and metal recycling. Boliden has around 6,000 employees and an annual turnover of around SEK 70 billion. The share is listed in the Large Cap segment on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm.