Gorazd �ibret
National mineral waste databases as an information source for assessing material recovery potential from mine waste, tailings and metallurgical waste
�ibret, Gorazd; Lemiere, Bruno; Mendez, Ana-Maria; Cormio, Carlo; Sinnett, Danielle; Cleall, Peter; Szab�, Katalin; Carvalho, M. Teresa
Authors
Bruno Lemiere
Ana-Maria Mendez
Carlo Cormio
Dr Danielle Sinnett Danielle.Sinnett@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Healthy Green Infrastructure
Peter Cleall
Katalin Szab�
M. Teresa Carvalho
Abstract
We examined the national mine waste registries from seven European countries, created to fulfil the requirements of the “Mine Waste Directive” (2006/21/EC), for their potential use as an initial source of information for the valorisation of specific mine waste deposits for their resource recovery. A set of parameters for mine waste valorisation was defined and divided into three groups: the “basic”, the “metal-centric” and the “material-centric” group. The “basic” group of 19 parameters considers properties of the mine waste deposit, including the location, history, homogeneity and quantity, among others, while the other two groups relate to the two desired material recovery types. The “metal-centric” group of parameters contains the six parameters needed to preliminarily assess the potential to valorise mine waste for metal extraction, while the “material-centric” group contains the nine parameters needed to consider the use of mine waste for the production of different construction materials. National mine waste registries from Slovenia, France, Spain, Italy, UK, Hungary and Portugal were reviewed to determine whether they contain information about each of the parameters. In line with the objectives of the Mine Waste Directive, the national mine waste registries were developed to reduce or prevent environmental damage, and not to enable resource recovery from mine waste. The registries contain most of the information for the parameters in the “basic” group, less information for the parameters in the “metal-centric” group and almost no information to define the parameters in the “material-centric” group. The conclusion is that national mine waste registries could serve only as an initial source of information, and more detailed information must be obtained from other sources. This misses an opportunity to see these sites as a resource, and not only as a potential source of pollution, given the urgent need to find alternative stocks of metals within the EU (European Union).
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 14, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | May 16, 2020 |
Publication Date | May 16, 2020 |
Deposit Date | May 26, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | May 26, 2020 |
Journal | Minerals |
Electronic ISSN | 2075-163X |
Publisher | MDPI |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 10 |
Issue | 5 |
Article Number | 446 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3390/min10050446 |
Keywords | tailings; mining; resource recovery; construction materials; metals; raw materials |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/5997736 |
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