European Training Network for Zero-Waste Valorisation of Bauxite Residue (Red Mud)

On 14-3-207 the European Parliament voted about its position with respect to EU Waste Policy. The so-called “Waste Package” concerns four Directives, incl. the Landfill Directive. For the first time, this Landfill Directive is now to endorse “Enhanced Landfill Mining”.

The Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy has just published its thematic section on “Green Rare Earth Elements” (Vol 3, Nr 1). The thematic section features a number of innovations with respect to REE production and recycling.

Devin Sapsford and colleagues from the University of Cardiff published an original research article in the Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, dealing with in-situ mining of metals from landfills containing mining waste residues.

Wenzhong Zhang is a chemist and a keen cook, and can see the similarities between the two…

The REDMUD 5th network-wide event took place in Helsinki between 24 – 26 April 2017 Event Agenda.

In the vicinity of Stockholm is situated a hardly noticeable small village called Ytterby. Johannes Vind explains why this place holds an important place in the history of science…

On February 6-8, 2017 two new EU projects on Enhanced Landfill Mining formally kicked off. In order to announce these two new projects (ETN NEW-MINE coordinated by SIM² KU Leuven & Interreg Europe COCOON) a widely attended press conference was held in Greenville, Houthalen, the location where also the flagship Closing the Circle project is situated. Several tv-reports were developed ...

<strong>Vacancy for a Post-doc (or PhD*) position for the SMART project – Sustainable Metal Extraction from Tailings </strong> Since the earliest days of the Industrial Revolution, the primary mining and metal processing industry has been and still is landfilling and/or stockpiling vast quantities of metal-containing tailings. Especially the older tailing ponds and associated landfills may represent an environmental and health ...

Don’t mention the H word! Despite what you may have heard, bauxite residue is not a hazardous waste, it’s the leftovers of the Christmas turkey – read on to find out why!

As China’s insatiable demand for REEs continues to grow over the coming ten years, China’s domestic production will struggle to keep up in all scenarios examined herein, leading the nation to become a net importer of some REEs.