Site-specific dataset of mining and metallurgical residues for resource management
Carlo Cormio,
Marta Alonso,
Peter Cleall,
Soraya Heuss-Assbichler,
Daniela Guglietta,
Danielle Sinnett,
Katalin Szabo,
Gorazd Žibret,
Teresa Carvalho,
Ulrich Kral,
Tim Werner,
Bruno Lemiere
Affiliations
Carlo Cormio
SERENGEO Srl, Via N. Sauro 22, Bologna, BO 40121, Italy
Marta Alonso
ICAMCyL Foundation, International Center for Advanced Materials and raw materials of Castilla y León, León Technology Park, Main Building, C/ Julia Morros s/n, First Floor, Offices 106-108, Armunia, León 24009, Spain
Peter Cleall
Geoenvironmental Research Centre, School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK
Soraya Heuss-Assbichler
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Luisenstraße 37, 80333 Munich, Federal Republic of Germany; Corresponding author.
Daniela Guglietta
Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering, National Research Council of Italy (CNR IGAG), Research Area of Rome 1, Rome 00010, Italy
Danielle Sinnett
Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Katalin Szabo
Mining and Geological Survey of Hungary, Columbus u. 17-23., Budapest H-1145, Hungary
Gorazd Žibret
Geological Survey of Slovenia, Dimičeva ulica 14, Ljubljana SI - 1000, Slovenia
Teresa Carvalho
CERENA, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, Lisboa 1049-001, Portugal
Ulrich Kral
Technische Universität Wien, Karlsplatz 13, Vienna 1040, Austria
Tim Werner
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, 221 Bouverie Street, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
This geospatial dataset provides a compilation of findings from an evidence-based review of site-specific resource assessments of mining and metallurgical residues. Information pertaining to location, target material, geological knowledge, extractability, resource classification and stakeholder perspectives was collected from publicly available reports, articles, academic theses, and databases. The datasetincludes 44 relevant data attributes from 64 mining and metallurgical sites in 27 countries. Resource classification is available for 38 sites. The dataset can be used by evaluators of recovery projects, authorities that provide permits, as well as by decision makers in support of developing regulatory policies. The dataset facilitates future addition of sites by the research community and can be further used as a starting point to bridge the estimates on recoverable quantities to the United Nations Framework Classification (UNFC). The UNFC is a universally applicable scheme for the sustainable management of all energy, primary and secondary mineral resources. Its use is stimulated by the European Commission and is intended to be adopted by geological surveys to harmonize the data on the availability of primary and secondary raw materials in Europe in future.
