Mine waters as a secondary source of rare earth elements worldwide: The case of the Iberian Pyrite Belt

Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) generates a great concern worldwide due to its severe impact to water resources during hundreds and even thousands of years after the cessation of mining activity if control measures are not implemented. AMD treatment is an environmental necessity, but also constitute a trem...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: León, Rafael, Macías, F., Cánovas, Carlos R., Pérez-López, Rafael, Ayora, Carlos, Nieto, José Miguel, Olías Álvarez, Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/237789
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/237789
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Acid mine drainage
Metal load
Valorization
Treatment waste
Critical Raw Materials
id ES_7365f659beff98090e9e9f7d2db79e3f
oai_identifier_str oai:digital.csic.es:10261/237789
network_acronym_str ES
network_name_str España
repository_id_str
spelling Mine waters as a secondary source of rare earth elements worldwide: The case of the Iberian Pyrite BeltLeón, RafaelMacías, F.Cánovas, Carlos R.Pérez-López, RafaelAyora, CarlosNieto, José MiguelOlías Álvarez, ManuelAcid mine drainageMetal loadValorizationTreatment wasteCritical Raw MaterialsAcid Mine Drainage (AMD) generates a great concern worldwide due to its severe impact to water resources during hundreds and even thousands of years after the cessation of mining activity if control measures are not implemented. AMD treatment is an environmental necessity, but also constitute a tremendous opportunity for the valorization of potential secondary sources of elements of economic interest. The knowledge of the hydrogeochemistry of REE in AMDs and their distribution using normalized patterns would help discrimination of the most potentially marketable AMD sources. To achieve this goal and to estimate the total economic potential of a severely AMD-affected region, chemistry and flow data were determined in spatially and temporally-distributed samples of numerous AMD sources collected throughout the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB). Due to high anual metal loads of elements such as Al (6600 ton), Zn (1600 ton), Cu (600 ton), Co (26 ton), Ni (10 ton), LREE (10.7 ton/yr), MREE (2.1 ton/yr), HREE (1 ton/yr), Y (3.7 ton) or Sc (0.7 ton), AMDs of the IPB would have an economic potential of 24.1 M$/yr (being REE 22.6% of this potential). Although the technical and economic limitations would impose a more realistic value of 4.2–10.3 M$/yr. The magnitude of this economic potential cannot be compared with active mines, however the longevity of the AMD generation processes and the need to achieve an environmental improvement make valorization of these leachates an interesting option to recover metals, which would help to treatment plants costs, improving notably the quality of water bodies in abandoned mining sites.This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through the research projects SCYRE (CGL2016-78783-C2-1-R) and CAPOTE (CGL2017-86050-R); and the MORECOVERY (H2020-EIT-PN 18190) project of the European Institute of Technology Raw Materials programme. F. Macías was funded by the R&D FEDER Andalucía 2014–2020 call through the project RENOVAME (FEDER; UHU-1255729). We would also like to thank Dr. Stefano Albanese (Editor-in-Chief), Dr. Annika Parviainen (Guest Editor) and two anonymous reviewers for the support and suggestions that significantly improved the quality of the original paper.Peer reviewedElsevierMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (España)European CommissionConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202120212021info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/237789reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/CGL2016-78783-C2-1-Rinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/CGL2017-86050-Rinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/18190https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2021.106742Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2377892026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Mine waters as a secondary source of rare earth elements worldwide: The case of the Iberian Pyrite Belt
title Mine waters as a secondary source of rare earth elements worldwide: The case of the Iberian Pyrite Belt
spellingShingle Mine waters as a secondary source of rare earth elements worldwide: The case of the Iberian Pyrite Belt
León, Rafael
Acid mine drainage
Metal load
Valorization
Treatment waste
Critical Raw Materials
title_short Mine waters as a secondary source of rare earth elements worldwide: The case of the Iberian Pyrite Belt
title_full Mine waters as a secondary source of rare earth elements worldwide: The case of the Iberian Pyrite Belt
title_fullStr Mine waters as a secondary source of rare earth elements worldwide: The case of the Iberian Pyrite Belt
title_full_unstemmed Mine waters as a secondary source of rare earth elements worldwide: The case of the Iberian Pyrite Belt
title_sort Mine waters as a secondary source of rare earth elements worldwide: The case of the Iberian Pyrite Belt
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv León, Rafael
Macías, F.
Cánovas, Carlos R.
Pérez-López, Rafael
Ayora, Carlos
Nieto, José Miguel
Olías Álvarez, Manuel
author León, Rafael
author_facet León, Rafael
Macías, F.
Cánovas, Carlos R.
Pérez-López, Rafael
Ayora, Carlos
Nieto, José Miguel
Olías Álvarez, Manuel
author_role author
author2 Macías, F.
Cánovas, Carlos R.
Pérez-López, Rafael
Ayora, Carlos
Nieto, José Miguel
Olías Álvarez, Manuel
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
European Commission
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Acid mine drainage
Metal load
Valorization
Treatment waste
Critical Raw Materials
topic Acid mine drainage
Metal load
Valorization
Treatment waste
Critical Raw Materials
description Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) generates a great concern worldwide due to its severe impact to water resources during hundreds and even thousands of years after the cessation of mining activity if control measures are not implemented. AMD treatment is an environmental necessity, but also constitute a tremendous opportunity for the valorization of potential secondary sources of elements of economic interest. The knowledge of the hydrogeochemistry of REE in AMDs and their distribution using normalized patterns would help discrimination of the most potentially marketable AMD sources. To achieve this goal and to estimate the total economic potential of a severely AMD-affected region, chemistry and flow data were determined in spatially and temporally-distributed samples of numerous AMD sources collected throughout the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB). Due to high anual metal loads of elements such as Al (6600 ton), Zn (1600 ton), Cu (600 ton), Co (26 ton), Ni (10 ton), LREE (10.7 ton/yr), MREE (2.1 ton/yr), HREE (1 ton/yr), Y (3.7 ton) or Sc (0.7 ton), AMDs of the IPB would have an economic potential of 24.1 M$/yr (being REE 22.6% of this potential). Although the technical and economic limitations would impose a more realistic value of 4.2–10.3 M$/yr. The magnitude of this economic potential cannot be compared with active mines, however the longevity of the AMD generation processes and the need to achieve an environmental improvement make valorization of these leachates an interesting option to recover metals, which would help to treatment plants costs, improving notably the quality of water bodies in abandoned mining sites.
publishDate 2021
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2021
2021
2021
dc.type.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
Postprint
info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
format article
status_str acceptedVersion
dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/10261/237789
url http://hdl.handle.net/10261/237789
dc.language.none.fl_str_mv Inglés
language_invalid_str_mv Inglés
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#
#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#
#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/CGL2016-78783-C2-1-R
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/CGL2017-86050-R
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/18190
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2021.106742
Sí
dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv Elsevier
publisher.none.fl_str_mv Elsevier
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
instname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
instname_str Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
reponame_str DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
collection DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
repository.name.fl_str_mv
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1869410807184359424
score 15,228081

Similares en LA Referencia