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Title:Secondary deposits as a potential REEs source in South-Eastern Europe
Authors:ID Šajn, Robert (Author)
ID Alijagić, Jasminka (Author)
ID Ristović, Ivica (Author)
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Language:English
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:Logo GeoZS - Geological Survey of Slovenia
Abstract:The main objective of this manuscript is to collect, classify, and compile all available data about secondary mineral sources of REEs in the South-Eastern Europe (SEE). The material is generated from the extracting and processing sector, that might be possibly transformed in the business process becoming an important raw material for another industry. The management inventory guide will strengthen communication and dissemination efforts and simultaneously contribute to Europe’s self-sufficiency and support transitioning to green and digital technology. Identification of the knowledge gaps associated with secondary sources of REEs in SEE will contribute to connections between all partners being involved at the beginning, during the lifetime of products and at the end of the life cycle, represented with deposit owners, technology developers and potential processors, producers, and potential users. At the investigated area it was found 1835 individual landfills, most of them belonging to waste rocks. The total quantity of all material in SRM is about 3.2 billion tons on an area of about 100 km2. The largest 95 individual landfills were selected as potential prospective landfills, containing about 1600 million tons of material. The estimated total potential of REEs (ΣREE) is more than 200 Kt. The largest quantities are found in landfills for coal fly ash and Cu flotation, which correspond to more than 80% of the ΣREE. Most of the promising sites are located in Serbia and North Macedonia. It has been calculated that the valorisation potential and perspectivity of REE2O3 is about 32.5 billion USD (prices from December 2022). According to the average concentrations of REEs, the most prospective are the red mud dams but their total volume is limited compared to massive amounts of coal fly ash landfills. The REEs content in all type of investigated materials, especially in coal fly ash in North Macedonia is twice as high as in other countries.
Keywords:secondary raw materials, ESEE, rare elements, economic prospective
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:23.01.2024
Publisher:MDPI
Year of publishing:2024
Number of pages:26 str.
Numbering:vol. 14, no. 2
PID:20.500.12556/DiRROS-18001-7f6397af-03a1-d09e-6290-53b6a3df3373 New window
UDC:553
ISSN on article:2075-163X
DOI:10.3390/min14020120 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:182416387 New window
Publication date in DiRROS:06.02.2024
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ŠAJN, Robert, ALIJAGIĆ, Jasminka and RISTOVIĆ, Ivica, 2024, Secondary deposits as a potential REEs source in South-Eastern Europe. Minerals [online]. 2024. Vol. 14, no. 2. [Accessed 17 March 2025]. DOI 10.3390/min14020120. Retrieved from: https://dirros.openscience.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=18001
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Title:Minerals
Shortened title:Minerals
Publisher:MDPI AG
ISSN:2075-163X
COBISS.SI-ID:519985177 New window

Document is financed by a project

Funder:Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Project number:18248
Name:Zero waste recovery of copper wastes in the ESEE region
Acronym:RIS-CuRE
Funder:Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Project number:17128
Name:Regional innovation scheme for zero waste extraction of critical raw materials
Acronym:RIS-RECOVER
Funder:EC - European Commission
Funding programme:European Commission
Project number:101058522
Name:Future Availability of Secondary Raw Materials
Acronym:FutuRaM
Funder:Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Project number:17029
Name:Mineral potential of the Eastern and South-Eastern Europe region
Acronym:RESEERVE
Funder:Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Project number:21043
Name:Grain boundaries engineered Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets
Acronym:RECO2MAG

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