Mining, metals and minerals
KALK A/S: building sustainable with lime mortar
KALK A/S – established in 1976 – quickly discovered the need for lime products of high quality for restoring and maintaining historical buildings. The company’s focus is on recyclable and breathable masonry. KALK A/S want to promote their 100-p...
Zeme's scrap aluminium conversion into sustainable high value Eco alloy ingots
Recycling of scrap aluminium provides a valuable resource and prevents the material from being diverted to landfill. The Zeme system will be utilised to produce specialised high quality aluminium alloy ingots which will be available for re-use wit...
Aluminium recycling in the window and curtain walling industry
The A|U|F Association is a non-profit organisation active in Germany whose aim is to promote the closed-loop recycling of Aluminium profiles used in buildings, thus contributing to the saving of primary resources and, consequently, in reducing th...
Aurubis’ and Grillo’s metal loop
The example is about a state-of-the-art cooperation between the two industrial companies Aurubis and Grillo for a traceable and uninterrupted circulation of copper, zinc and other valuable metals. As an expert in multi-metal recycling Aurubis helps t...
Fairphone: The modular phone that’s built to last
Fairphone is bringing the circular economy to the electronic industry. We are social enterprise that produces a smartphone to inspire change in the electronics industry. We focus on creating impact in 4 different areas: fair materials, good working c...
Hydro's state-of-the-art aluminium scrap sorting plant
Hydro is a global aluminium company, with operations in most EU countries. Aluminium is used in a wide range of applications – in particular in packaging, transportation, construction and consumer products – and recycling plays a crucial part...
From metallurgical by-products to Scandium-Aluminium alloys and Scandium compoun...
The SCALE project aims to allow the extraction of Scandium (Sc) from bauxite residues resulting from alumina production (the raw material for primary aluminium production) and from acid wastes coming from titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment production. S...
Jaguar Land Rover - Novelis' recycled aluminium cars (REALCAR)
Circular Economy project REALCAR (REcycled ALuminium CAR) launched in 2008 as a £2m research project to identify ways of increasing the amount of recycled aluminium in our vehicle body architectures. Our target was to identify opportunities to utili...
Dundee Precious Metals' management of mining wastes using best available techniq...
Dundee Precious Metals is a Canadian-based international mining company with operations in Namibia and Bulgaria and with exploration in Armenia, Bulgaria and Serbia. The Chelopech mine is located in central-western Bulgaria, on the southern flank of ...
SUEZ & Nexans' cables recycling (RECYCABLES)
Recycables is the top cables recycler in France. This joint-venture was created in 2008 between SUEZ & Nexans in order to collect, process and recover cables. Located in Noyelles Godault, it is a model of circular economy as the materials from th...
Suez Ecopôle's Eco-Hub for Waste Collection
Thanks to a EUR 10 million investment by SUEZ, a new eco-hub has been created in Chartres de Bretagne to recover waste produced by businesses and local authorities. On a site covering 5 hectares previously used by the Peugeot Citroën Group, the new ...
Strategic Minerals' Recycling of Abandoned Mining Waste
The Penouta Mine Project (Viana do Bolo, Orense, Spain) of Strategic Minerals Spain company expects to be a reference for sustainable mining, in which abandoned waste is valued and generates economic, environmental and social benefits under the frame...
North Sea Resources Roundabout: Creating a Market for Secondary Raw Materials
The transition towards a circular economy gives us an opportunity to reinvent our economy and create new competitive advantages for Europe on a sustainable basis. Entrepreneurship and innovation are essential to enable this transition. Action and new...