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Resources, Volume 10, Issue 7

July 2021 - 8 articles

Cover Story: Critical raw materials (CRMs) are crucial for the economic growth and development of many industrial sectors, providing a strategic opportunity for the EU. The EU is highly dependent on their external supply despite the relatively abundant resource base. A key factor influencing the production of CRMs from primary sources is the limited access to the resources related to public opposition, as well as environmental, spatial, technical or economic constraints. Simultaneously, conducting mineral extraction brings numerous economics, social and ethical benefits at the local, national and EU level. These different views have been presented in the paper with a selection of Author case studies from six European countries. View this paper
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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,004 Views
12 Pages

Gas Migration in the Aspect of Safety in the Areas of Mines Selected for Closure

  • Jarosław Chećko,
  • Natalia Howaniec,
  • Krzysztof Paradowski and
  • Adam Smolinski

One of the main hazards occurring in post-mining areas is the uncontrolled migration of gases to the surface, which may pose a serious threat to life and health. These gases are mainly methane and carbon dioxide, in smaller amounts ethane and higher...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,546 Views
15 Pages

Tracking the Fate of Aluminium in the EU Using the MaTrace Model

  • Gabriela Jarrín Jácome,
  • María Fernanda Godoy León,
  • Rodrigo A. F. Alvarenga and
  • Jo Dewulf

Aluminium is a metal of high economic importance for the European Union (EU), presenting unique properties (e.g., light weight and high corrosion resistance) and with applications in important sectors (e.g., transportation, construction and packaging...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,068 Views
20 Pages

Empirical Models to Characterize the Structural and Physiochemical Properties of Vacuum Gas Oils with Different Saturate Contents

  • Dicho S. Stratiev,
  • Ivelina K. Shishkova,
  • Rosen K. Dinkov,
  • Ivan P. Petrov,
  • Iliyan V. Kolev,
  • Dobromir Yordanov,
  • Sotir Sotirov,
  • Evdokia Sotirova,
  • Vassia Atanassova and
  • Simeon Ribagin
  • + 5 authors

Inter-criteria analysis was employed in VGO samples having a saturate content between 0.8 and 93.1 wt.% to define the statistically significant relations between physicochemical properties, empirical structural models and vacuum gas oil compositional...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,661 Views
16 Pages

Quantitative Assessment of Organic and Inorganic Contaminants in Charcoal

  • Zbigniew Jelonek,
  • Monika Fabiańska and
  • Iwona Jelonek

Thirty-one batches of commercial charcoal from various regions of Poland and Germany were tested for the presence of 20 toxic elements and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Elements that are t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,529 Views
22 Pages

Hydrologic alternation of river systems is an essential factor of human activity. Cascade-dammed waters are characterized by the disturbed outflow of material from the catchment. Changes in sediment, dissolved load and nutrient balance are among the...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
8,172 Views
36 Pages

Potential Benefits and Constraints of Development of Critical Raw Materials’ Production in the EU: Analysis of Selected Case Studies

  • Katarzyna Guzik,
  • Krzysztof Galos,
  • Alicja Kot-Niewiadomska,
  • Toni Eerola,
  • Pasi Eilu,
  • Jorge Carvalho,
  • Francisco Javier Fernandez-Naranjo,
  • Ronald Arvidsson,
  • Nikolaos Arvanitidis and
  • Agnes Raaness

Major benefits and constraints related to mineral extraction within the EU have been identified on the examples of selected critical raw materials’ deposits. Analyzed case studies include the following ore deposits: Myszków Mo-W-Cu (Poland), Juomasuo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
8,910 Views
17 Pages

The concept of eco-innovation addresses a reduction in negative environmental impacts and the more efficient use of resources. As an integral part of eco-innovation, green technologies are receiving increasing attention due to growing environmental c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,842 Views
18 Pages

Water erosion is one of the major factors of soil degradation in the world. Various methods have been developed to prevent soil erosion. One of them is the use of anti-erosion belts on slopes, but it has both positive and negative effects. In order t...

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