ENVIREE

Despite recent numerous exploratory and research efforts in the EU aiming at strengthening REE supply chains using European sources of rare earth elements (e.g. FP7 EURARE project), important REE-containing materials have been still not properly addressed. Since many of promising materials are chemically very different, a general method of REE recovery can't be found. The ENVIREE project is aimed at completing the picture of effective REE supply within Europe by addressing exploitation of specific secondary sources... Among the secondary materials to be studied by ENVIREE are those from mining activities that have been used for their original mineral content but are now considered as waste. This kind of waste is by far the most abundant weight-wise in Europe. Essentially there are some options for these materials. They can be simply left where they are hoping that there will be no leaching of any possible contaminants, or they can be used with improved methods to recover other..

Primary location: Göteborg Sweden