Carissimi Associati SGI,
Carissimi Soci delle Società Associate,
su indicazione del Dott. Antonello Aquilano (Università di Ferrara), desideriamo segnalarvi la sessione GMPV 6.2 - 'From waste to resource: valorisation of extractive waste for the recovery of critical minerals and metals', che si terrà nell'ambito del congresso EGU 2025, in programma a Vienna dal 27 aprile al 2 maggio 2025 (egu25.eu).
Convener: Antonello Aquilano,Giovanna Antonello Dino, Carmela Vaccaro, Ferdinalda Nuvunga, Anna Luiza Ayres da Silva.
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Cordiali saluti,
La Segreteria
Dear colleagues,
We would like to draw your attention to the forthcoming European Geosciences Union-General Assembly 2025 (27 April–2 May 2025) both on-site in Vienna (Austria), and virtually, and invite you to submit your abstracts to the GMPV6.2 Session "From waste to resource: valorisation of extractive waste for the recovery of critical minerals and metals".
You can find more information on the event and session via the following links: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/54205
The abstract submission deadline is 15 January 2025, 13:00 CET.
If you are an ECR or a researcher from a low- to upper-middle-income country, you can apply for Travel Support by sending the abstract before the 1st December 2023 at the following link: https://www.egu25.eu/guidelines/supports_and_waivers.html#travel-support
See also the registration page for more details (https://www.egu25.eu/attend/register.html).
Looking forward to your contributions, all the best,
We hope to see you in Vienna!
Antonello, Giovanna, Carmela, Ferdinalda, Anna Luiza
EU remains almost completely dependent on external sources for many critical raw materials (CRM) and other raw materials (RM). To reduce this dependence, the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), has been enacted by EU, represents a strategic framework aimed at addressing the growing demand for CRM and reducing dependency on non-EU sources.
In this framework, adopting a circular economy model has become essential to ensure resource sustainability, and the research focused on waste reuse and recycling is critical to support this effort.
Waste generated by mining (both current and past), quarrying, and subsequent processing steps poses a variety of problems ranging from landscape and land use degradation to soil pollution and water, with repercussions on the biosphere. Therefore, in a circular economy context, it is essential to consider these materials not as waste but as potential resources, to help mitigate negative effects and also contribute to a sustainable supply of resources. Indeed, these types of wastes contain substantial quantities of residual minerals, including CRM, and have the potential to become valuable mineral resources. Advances in innovative and technological processes now allow us to reduce, reuse and recycle these residues, promoting more sustainable exploitation practices. Beyond this, there are additional challenges associated with the exploration, characterization, recovery, reprocessing and testing of these recovered materials. Furthermore, it is crucial to develop realistic models for extractive waste to accurately assess the prospects for sustainable use.
- Characterization of extractive waste, their interaction with the environment, and degradation processes.
- Development of technologies for exploration, extraction, and reprocessing of minerals within the context of extractive waste.
- Solutions for valorising extractive waste, with a focus on critical raw materials supply.
- Strategies for sustainable management of extractive waste.
- Tools and methodologies for environmental monitoring and risk assessment in active and inactive sites.
- Certification and Eco-label for products arising from extractive waste exploitation and processing
- The role of economists, social scientists, legal experts and psychologists for a sustainable and accepted exploitation of extractive waste (and of mining activities at large)