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SIM² Newsletter 30 June 2017

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Resource Recovery through Enhanced Landfill Mining: A Review

Researchers from the Montanuniversität Leoben and SIM² KU Leuven have published a review paper on the academic output that was generated within the EU ETN NEW-MINE project on Resource Recovery read more >>
Are radiological properties a limiting factor when trying to valorise bauxite residue?

In a new Journal of Cleaner Production paper, SIM² KU Leuven & University of Tartu investigated the presence of natural radionuclides in bauxite residue subjected to a neutralisation-leaching process and read more >>
How to recover and purify platinum-group metals from spent autocatalysts?

SOLVOMET/SIM2 KU Leuven researchers developed three methods to recover & purify Pd, Pt and Rh from spent autocatalysts. This work, which was performed in EU PLATIRUS, is featured in journal read more >>
Design considerations for photocatalytic structured reactors

ProcESS/SIM² KU Leuven researchers investigated the optimal design of translucent photocatalytic structures for the development of small & large-scale photocatalytic reactors. The work was published in Chem. Eng. J.
“Bauxite residue and copper slag mirror each other in terms of chemistry”

Prof. Yiannis Pontikes’ burning desire is to convert bauxite residue (et al.) into green building materials. As one of SIM²‘s founding fathers he passionately leads the SREMat Group (Dept. Materials read more >>
Production of calcium carbonate by simultaneous CO2 capture and mineralisation

ProcESS/SIM² KU Leuven researchers precipitated high-quality calcium carbonate (PCC) from synthetic Ca-rich solutions, which resemble the chemical composition of leachates obtained from leaching BOF slags with diluted HCl.

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