The EURARE Project: development of a sustainable exploitation scheme for Europe’s Rare Earth Ore Deposits

Balomenos, Efthymios; Davris, Panagiotis; Deady, Eimear; Yang, Jason; Panias, Dimitris; Friedrich, Bernd; Binnemans, Koen; Seisenbaeva, Gulaim; Dittrich, Carsten; Kalvig, Per; Paspaliaris, Ioannis. 2017 The EURARE Project: development of a sustainable exploitation scheme for Europe’s Rare Earth Ore Deposits. Johnson Matthey Technology Review, 61 (2). 142-153. 10.1595/205651317X695172

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Abstract/Summary

Numerous European industries are heavily dependent on imported rare earth element (REE) raw materials. This has created a need for the European Union (EU) to ensure a sustainable supply of REE minerals, as well as develop from the ground up the currently non-existent European REE extraction and processing industry. In order to support this, the European Commission, through the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) scheme, funded the EURARE project which runs from 1st January 2013 to 31st December 2017. Through the EURARE project, selected European REE deposits have been researched and in certain cases identified resources were successfully processed for REE production. Several REE deposits across Europe have been the focus of detailed geological field and laboratory work. Mineral concentrates obtained from the Norra Kärr deposit in Sweden, the Kringlerne deposit in Greenland and the Kvanefjeld deposit in Greenland, Rødberg ore from Norway and bauxite residue from Greece were tested from laboratory to pilot scale by means of conventional and innovative metallurgical processing. The novel technologies developed provide efficiency and selectivity in various steps of the metallurgical processing, from ore beneficiation to metal production. A road map for sustainable REE production in Europe is now being developed, which includes an evaluation of the environmental benefits and risks of the EURARE technologies.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1595/205651317X695172
ISSN:	2056-5135
Date made live:	07 Aug 2017 13:32 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517487

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1595/205651317X695172

ISSN:

2056-5135

Date made live:

07 Aug 2017 13:32 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517487