New papers published in the context of the REECOVERY project

Alexandra Roa, PhD Student at UPC, together with Julio López and Jose Luis Cortina, Researcher and Chemical Engineering Professor at UPC respectively, recently published “Selective separation of light and heavy rare earth elements from acidic mine waters by integration of chelating ion exchange and ligand impregnated resin” in Science of the Total Environment, and “Integration of layer-by-layer hollow-fibre nanofiltration membranes and crystallization for water reclamation and resource recovery from acidic mine waters” in Desalination.

Whereas the first paper addresses the potential of sourcing critical raw materials (CRMs) using acidic mine waters (AMWs) as a secondary resource,  focusing on a circular process to recover these metals from AMWs, specifically from the Aznalcóllar open-pit mine, the second one reflects on water reclamation processes in acidic mine waters.

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