Preceding the formal kick-off meeting of the EU MSCA-ETN NEW-MINE project on Enhanced Landfill Mining, a unique event “New-miners meet locals” was organised on February 6, 2017 in Houthalen, Belgium. Video is now available.
On 14-3-207 the European Parliament voted about its position with respect to EU Waste Policy. The so-called “Waste Package” concerns four Directives, incl. the Landfill Directive. For the first time, this Landfill Directive is now to endorse “Enhanced Landfill Mining”.
On March 2, 2017, the European Enhanced Landfill Mining Consortium (EURELCO) launched its latest Newletter which covers the rapid evolutions in terms of Enhanced Landfill Mining research and innovation in Europe.
Devin Sapsford and colleagues from the University of Cardiff published an original research article in the Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, dealing with in-situ mining of metals from landfills containing mining waste residues.
Prof. Yiannis Pontikes, Research Line Leader in SIM² KU Leuven, will provide his long-awaited inaugural lecture on March 9, 2017, 16.30h (MTM 00.39, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, Heverlee). We invite our stakeholders to participate.
Preceding the ETN NEW-MINE kick-off, a unique event was organised on 6-2-2017 in Houthalen (BE) to initiate a fruitful dialogue between the NEW-MINE ESRs/Supervisors and ‘DE Locals’ group of the Remo landfill site in Houthalen.
On 7-2-2017 the EU MSCA-ETN NEW-MINE project kicked off in Houthalen (BE) in conjunction with the 5th EURELCO General Assembly, where Hilde Vautmans, Belgian Member of the European Parliament (MEP), launched an EU Action Plan.
On February 6-8, 2017 two new EU projects on Enhanced Landfill Mining formally kicked off. EU H2020 ETN NEW-MINE, coordinated by KU Leuven, targets breakthroughs in the waste-to-product value chain. Watch the tv-report on VRT here
SIM² KU Leuven is urgently looking for a postdoc with experience in hydrometallurgy to work in the newly approved VLAIO SIM SBO SMART project, which deals with the zero-waste valorisation of tailings.
Nils Johansson (Linköping University) recently published his milestone PhD text on the institutional challenges for ELFM, based on a multitude of interviews with all relevant stakeholders. A must read for ELFM professionals.
KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals – Kasteelpark Arenberg 44 – Leuven 3001, Belgium
SIM² KU Leuven is the new KU Leuven Institute on Sustainable Metals and Minerals, one of the flagship KU Leuven Institutes. SIM² mission is to develop, organise and implement problem-driven, science-deep research and future-oriented education, contributing to the environmentally friendly production and recycling of metals, minerals and engineered materials, supporting the transition to a climate-friendly, circular-economy.
