On April 3, 2017, the Fifth Slag Valorisation Symposium (SVS V) kicked off in Leuven. For this Fifth edition a record-breaking attendance of 250 participants was obtained. Prof. Bart Blanpain, on of the Founding Fathers of the SVS Series had the honour to provide the first keynote lecture. Prof. Blanpain provided a bird’s eye overview on 15 years of slag ...

In its recent issue, Bouwkroniek, the Flemish website/magazine for the construction sector, has published a feature article on the recent breakthrough in the EP with respect to the endorsement of Enhanced Landfill Mining (ELFM).

On March 2017, 2017, SIM² KU Leuven will present two of its successful animation videos in the “Research Roulette" programme of the DOCVILLE (film) festival in Leuven. Both recycling of e-cars and Enhanced Landfill Mining feature!

On Thursday March 9, 2017, Prof. Yiannis Pontikes provided his inaugural lecture, titled “Fe-Ca-silicate slags: when purpose-driven research challenges perception of what is feasible”. The slides are available now.

Preceding the formal kick-off meeting of the EU MSCA-ETN NEW-MINE project on Enhanced Landfill Mining, a unique event “New-miners meet locals” was organised on February 6, 2017 in Houthalen, Belgium. Video is now available.

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 Linköping University colleagues of ETN NEW-MINE have just published a milestone paper on policy related aspects of ELFM  in the Journal Environmental Science & Policy. The paper is titled “The institutional capacity for a resource transition—A critical review of Swedish governmental commissions on landfill mining” [N. Johansson et al., Environmental Science & Policy 70 (2017): 46–53http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2017.01.005]. The highlights of ...

On March 2, 2017, the European Enhanced Landfill Mining Consortium (EURELCO) launched its latest Newletter which covers the rapid evolutions in terms of Enhanced Landfill Mining research and innovation in Europe.

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.

Preceding the ETN NEW-MINE kick-off, a unique event was organised on 6-2-2017 in Houthalen (BE) to initiate a fruitful dialogue between the NEW-MINE ESRs/Supervisors and ‘DE Locals’ group of the Remo landfill site in Houthalen.