LKAB and Boliden collaborate to recycle mining waste and create circular products
BOLIDEN, Sweden, Nov. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The leading Swedish mining companies LKAB and Boliden have signed an agreement and will begin working together to investigate the possibility of extracting pyrite concentrate from mining waste at the Boliden Aitik mine, which LKAB will subsequently process into fossil-free sulphuric acid. The sulphuric acid will then be used in processes for extracting rare earth elements and phosphorus from LKAB’s mining waste.
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