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Mine closure process (overview of different phases and actions)

Regional Heavy Mineral Sampling Recovery of high-grade iron compounds from slag by enhanced magnetic separation techniques Limitation of the mining waste production Biohydrometallurgy Social Licence to Operate and Corporate Social Responsibility Major metals and their companion metals metallogeny. The so-called ‘by-products’ Remote Sensing for Mineral Exploration Types of drilling in mining Environmental Impact Assessment EIA ENVIREE H2020 project website on REE extraction Mineral deposits of public importance: the MINATURA2020 Approach CEReS, the European project to create value from waste EU-FP6 Bioshale Project – Executive Summary of the Second Year CHROMIC H2020 project website on mineral processing Mines and environmental impact (by SGU/Sweden) Mineral processing Mine waste characterization Tax incentives for circular economy Mineral deposits groups and types Feasibility Study Strategic, critical, high-tech, rare, and minor metals EU Knowledge data platforms

Mining Wastes Directive Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014

Metal Recycling - Opportunities, Limits, Infrastructure Mineral Products Association (MPA) - Natural Resources European Commission - Environment - Waste Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) standard for responsible mining IRMA-STD-001 Environment data centre on waste - Eurostat Lundin Mining Corporation Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Access to secondary raw materials (scrap iron, recycled paper etc) Solving the E-Waste Problem (Step) White Paper. One Global Definition of E-Waste Waste Framework Directive (Directive 2008/98/EC on waste) SWOT analysis of concepts, methods and models potentially supporting LCA Materials critical to the energy industry (An introduction) E-waste statistics. Guidelines on classificaiton, reporting and indicators 2015 Anthropospheric losses of platinum group elements Urban Mine Knowledge Data Platform (EU-UMKDP -ProSUM) Anthropogenic nickel cycle: Insights into use, trade, and recycling United Nations University 1st Global E-waste Monitor 2014 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - The raw materials initiative : meeting our critical needs for growth and jobs in Europe

Welcome to BioMineWiki- the free and live knowledge base focused on biohydrometallurgy

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Mining wastes Manufacturing/industrial waste End-of-life waste Waste deposited in landfills

MINATURA2020 – Mineral Deposits of Public Importance (a) The bioleaching of sulphide minerals with emphasis on copper sulphides — A review Groothuis F. (2016), New era. New plan. Europe. A fiscal strategy for an inclusive, circular economy, The Ex’tax Project Bastein et al. (2013), Opportunities for circular economy in the Netherlands BioMinE – Integrated project for the development of biotechnology for metal-bearing materials in Europe Biomining — biotechnologies for extracting and recovering metals from ores and waste materials Reichel et al. (2016), Circular economy in Europe. Developing the knowlwdge base ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS FOR A CIRCULAR ECONOMY MINATURA2020 – Mineral Deposits of Public importance (b)

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92 /43 /EEC of 21 May 1992 Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 A Community approach on the prevention of natural and man-made disasters (2009/2151(INI))

How much waste is generated by mining commodity x at location y? What shall be done for preparing and submitting an EIA study for the development of mineral resources?

Main primary and waste sources of In, PGMs, Ga and Ge: some key documents, data and links to get an idea How much waste is generated by mining? Timeframe and cost for bringing a commodity to a user