Innovative Technologies for Rare Earth Element Recovery from Bauxite Residue KU Leuven
Red mud (also called bauxite residue) is a solid waste formed during the production of alumina in the Bayer process. It has been estimated that about 140-150 million tonnes of bauxite residue are generated every year and, approximately 3-4 billion tonnes of this material have been already stockpiled during the last decades. The disposal and long-term storage of such material occupy large extension of land, which results in major costs and ...