New PhD on REE recovery from bauxite residue

New PhD on REE recovery from bauxite residue

On July 2nd, 2018, Dženita Avdibegović obtained her PhD degree in Chemistry. She successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled ‘Recovery of rare earths from bauxite residue leachates by functionalised sorbents‘. (Leuven, 02/08/2018) The research was supervised by...
2nd ELFM Seminar in European Parliament: 20/11

2nd ELFM Seminar in European Parliament: 20/11

Three years after the first ever Seminar on Enhanced Landfill Mining in the European Parliament, EURELCO can now announce it will organise the 2nd ELFM Seminar in the EP on 20-11-2018, co-organised by ETN NEW-MINE and SIM² KU Leuven. (Leuven, PTJ/6-7-2018) In October...
Smartphones, geopolitics and a stubborn Belgian

Smartphones, geopolitics and a stubborn Belgian

On February 21, 2018, the Social License to Operate Symposium (for mining/recycling of metals) was organised in Leuven in the context of the Artefact Festival “This Rare Earth: Stories from Below”. The moderator of the day, Dirk Draulans (a renowned science...
6 lessons learned from the Enhanced Landfill Mining symposium

6 lessons learned from the Enhanced Landfill Mining symposium

Following the 4th International Symposium on Enhanced Landfill Mining (ELFM IV), the EU Horizon 2020 ETN NEW-MINE project has just published a 6-page Policy Brief on the future of Enhanced Landfill Mining in Europe and beyond. The Policy Brief discusses the Six...

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