Could “red mud” (bauxite residue) be the answer to some of Europe’s critical-metal supply concerns? That’s the central question addressed in the April 2016 EU MSCA-ETN REDMUD Policy Brief, authored by Dr. T. Baleomenos (Greece).
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New “TED-talk” on Enhanced Landfill Mining (ELFM)
In this 15-minute TED-talk for the science dissemination platform “University of Flanders” Peter Tom Jones explains the Enhanced Landfill Mining concept, discussing the challenge to mine landfills in view of resource recovery.
Read More »ETN & EIT Summer School “To mine or not to mine”
On Sep’ 10-12, 2018, the Summer School “To mine or not to mine – A multi-criteria assessment of the landfill mining of municipal & industrial solid waste deposits” is organised in Leuven by ETN SOCRATES/NEW-MINE & EIT KIC IMAGINE
Read More »NEW-MINE Policy Brief on Enhanced Landfill Mining
The ETN NEW-MINE project has just published a new Policy Brief on the future of Enhanced Landfill Mining in Europe and beyond. The Policy Brief draws Six Lessons Learned from the recent ELFM IV Symposium (February 5-6, 2018).
Read More »New Policy Brief on the Social License to Operate
ETN SOCRATES and METGROW+ have published a joint Policy Brief on the Social License to Operate for the Mining and Recycling of Critical Metals, which is meant to stimulate this crucial debate for the EU mining/metallurgy sector.
Read More »A world’s first in recycling at Metallo (Beerse)
On March 5, 2018, Metallo, the non-ferrous metallurgical company based in Beerse (Belgium), officially presented its new, state-of-the-art “non-transferred arc plasma” furnace, which will be the largest of its kind in the world.
Read More »Smartphones, geopolitics and a stubborn Belgian
Following the Social License to Operate Symposium in Leuven (Feb’ 21, 2018, Artefact), Dirk Draulans (a renowned science journalist), produced a three-page article for Knack, Flanders’ leading political (weekly) magazine.
Read More »Artefact SLO Symposium: Five Lessons Learned
In this article “Five lessons learned” Peter Tom Jones reflects on the Artefact Symposium on the Social License to Operate for mining & recycling of critical metals and summarises some key take-home messages. Reactions are welcome.
Read More »ETN NEW-MINE will be present at the 14th Recy & DepoTech conference in Leoben (Austria)
On November 7 to 9, 2018, the 14th Recy & DepoTech conference will be organised; ETN NEW-MINE will be present! The Recy & DepoTech conference has become the biggest waste management conference in Austria. The goal of the conference is to document the dynamic development of waste management through to recycling. The up-to-date issues, the quality of the lectures and the ...
Read More »ELFM IV (February 2018): Six lessons learned
In this article “Six lessons learned” Peter Tom Jones reflects on the 4th International Enhanced Landfill Mining (ELFM IV) Symposium and summarises some key take-home messages. Quo vadis for ELFM? Reactions are welcome.
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