European Training Network for the remediation and reprocessing of sulfidic miningwaste sites KU Leuven
Geology, Sustainable Materials Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR), Research Centre for Economics and Corporate Sustainability, Brussels Campus, Sustainable Chemistry for Metals and Molecules
For more than 100 years the EU mining industries have been discarding their extractive-waste residues. Estimates suggest this represents 29% of the EU-28’s current waste output. When poorly managed these residues are a significant environmental hazard. Sulfidic Cu-Zn, Zn-Pb and Cu-Zn-Pb tailings pose the largest challenge, as they are prone to acid mine drainage. However, these tailings also contain valuable metals. Recently, the EIP Raw ...