Fuelling the Foundation Industries: Discovering the Hidden Value of Mineral Waste in the UK
Mitchell, Clive ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5911-5668; Bide, Tom; Petavratzi, Evi. 2024 Fuelling the Foundation Industries: Discovering the Hidden Value of Mineral Waste in the UK. Materials Proceedings, 15 (1), 80. 10.3390/materproc2023015080
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The Foundation Industries (FIs) (chemical, cement, ceramic, glass, metal, and paper sectors) are worth GBP 52 billion to the UK economy and produce 75% of its materials and 10% of its total CO2 emissions. The UK extractive industry annually supplies millions of tonnes of mineral products used in FI manufacturing processes. It is estimated that mineral extraction results in upwards of 50 million tonnes of mineral waste every year. In 2021, the British Geological Survey embarked on a series of visits to UK mineral operations to improve the understanding of mineral waste production, composition, and its potential for use. This has enabled the sharing of data and information on poorly understood stocks and flows of waste materials between different industries and led to potential new applications for use of mineral wastes in novel polymer coatings and investment casting.
Item Type: | Publication - Article |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.3390/materproc2023015080 |
Date made live: | 08 Feb 2024 13:49 +0 (UTC) |
URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/536869 |
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