Can the recycling of mining waste become a new business?

27th April, 2021 | 12.30-13.30 pm CET

“Recycling mining waste, a new business?” (April 27, 2021) ©Copyright: NEMO – https://h2020-nemo.eu/

“Recycling mining waste, a new business?” (April 27th, 2021), Foto: NEMO – https://h2020-nemo.eu/

Hat das Recycling von Bergbauabfällen das Potential zur neuen Geschäftsidee? Das ist die Frage, die beim Lunch & Debate Event am 27. April 2021 diskutiert werden soll. Die Veranstaltung, co-organisiert von verschiedenen EU-geförderten Remining-Projekten, zielt darauf ab, Stakeholdern aus aus Industrie, Wissenschaft, Regierung und Zivilgesellschaft neuartige Lösungen für die Behandlung von Bergbauabfällen vorzustellen. Das HIF ist Konsortiumpartner im Europäischen Trainingnetzwerk SULTAN ebenso wie im Infrastrukturnetzwerk RE-ACTIVATE.

Vortragende

Christian Wimmer

Senior Expert in the unit “Waste Management & Secondary Materials” at the European Commission, Directorate General for Environment. Mr Wimmer will address opportunities and challenges in the recovery of secondary raw materials from extractive waste based on his experience with the implementation of the Extractive Waste Directive and related Horizon2020 projects.
   
Dirk Musser

Head of Business Unit at CRONIMET Mining Processing, will present the experience of Cronimet in the field of mining waste recycling. Different examples will be given, including the treatment of slag dumps in the US.
   
Anders Sand

Holds a D.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering and is Docent in Mineral Processing. He has about 15 years’ experience in senior academic and corporate positions in the mining industry, with the main field of expertise in process technology. He will present experiences and opportunities at Boliden in terms of reprocessing historic tailings and extracting valuable by-products from waste streams.