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Volume 61, Issue 2
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  • oa The EURARE Project: Development of a Sustainable Exploitation Scheme for Europe’s Rare Earth Ore Deposits

  • Authors: By Efthymios Balomenos1, Panagiotis Davris1, Eimear Deady2, Jason Yang3, Dimitris Panias4, Bernd Friedrich5, Koen Binnemans6, Gulaim Seisenbaeva7, Carsten Dittrich8, Per Kalvig9 and Ioannis Paspaliaris10
  • Affiliations: 1 Laboratory of Metallurgy, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering15780 ZografouGreece 2 British Geological Survey, Environmental Science CentreNicker Hill, Keyworth, NG12 5GGUK 3 Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) MintecTutkijankatu 1, Outokumpu 83500Finland 4 Laboratory of Metallurgy, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering15780 ZografouGreece 5 Institute of Process Metallurgy and Metal Recycling (IME), RWTH Aachen UniversityIntzestraße 3, 52056 AachenGermany 6 KU Leuven, Department of ChemistryCelestijnenlaan 200F, PO Box 2404, B-3001 HeverleeBelgium 7 Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Biocenter, Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesBox 7015, 750 07 UppsalaSweden 8 MEAB Chemie Technik GmbHDennewartstraße 25, 52068 AachenGermany 9 Geological Survey of Denmark and GreenlandØster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen KDenmark 10 Laboratory of Metallurgy, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering15780 ZografouGreece
  • Source: Johnson Matthey Technology Review, Volume 61, Issue 2, Apr 2017, p. 142 - 153
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1595/205651317X695172
    • Published online: 01 Jan 2017

Abstract

Numerous European industries are heavily dependent on imported rare earth element (REE) raw materials. This has created a need for the European Union (EU) to ensure a sustainable supply of REE minerals, as well as develop from the ground up the currently non-existent European REE extraction and processing industry. In order to support this, the European Commission, through the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) scheme, funded the EURARE project which runs from 1st January 2013 to 31st December 2017. Through the EURARE project, selected European REE deposits have been researched and in certain cases identified resources were successfully processed for REE production. Several REE deposits across Europe have been the focus of detailed geological field and laboratory work. Mineral concentrates obtained from the Norra Kärr deposit in Sweden, the Kringlerne deposit in Greenland and the Kvanefjeld deposit in Greenland, Rødberg ore from Norway and bauxite residue from Greece were tested from laboratory to pilot scale by means of conventional and innovative metallurgical processing. The novel technologies developed provide efficiency and selectivity in various steps of the metallurgical processing, from ore beneficiation to metal production. A road map for sustainable REE production in Europe is now being developed, which includes an evaluation of the environmental benefits and risks of the EURARE technologies.

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The EURARE Project: Development of a Sustainable Exploitation Scheme for Europe’s Rare Earth Ore Deposits
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