Are radiological properties a limiting factor when trying to valorise bauxite residue?
In collaboration with their colleagues from University of Tartu, researchers from ProcESS/SIM² KU Leuven performed an in-depth radiological assessment of bauxite residue (BR) subjected to a neutralisation-leaching process, BR slags arising from the smelting of BR, and...
Can historic Zn–Pb mine waste (Plombières, Belgium) be a source of valuable metals?
SIM² KU Leuven researchers, in collaboration with University of Liège and HZDR, have characterised the historic Zn-Pb mine waste from the tailings pond located at Plombières, East Belgium. The work, which was published in Minerals, was performed in the framework of...
Participate to a survey on Enhanced Landfill Mining
The EU MSCA-ETN NEW-MINE team kindly invites you to support our research by participating to this survey on (enhanced) landfill mining. The online survey takes about 10 minutes to complete. Participants are requested to evaluate the societal impacts of landfill mining...
Trace elements leaching from Pb-Zn mine waste (Plombières) & environmental implications
SIM² KU Leuven researchers have assessed the chemical and mineralogical characterisation of sulphidic mine waste to understand the environmental and health risks of the metal(loid)s within the mine waste. The work, which was published in the Journal of Geochemical...
An in-depth review on hydrometallurgical metal recovery from steel industry by-products
A joint team of SIM² KU Leuven/SOLVOMET and ArcelorMittal researchers have just published a critical review paper on the hydrometallurgical recovery of metals from steel industry by-products, incl. EAF/BF/BOF slags, sludges and dusts. This comprehensive 35-page review...
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