Although we don’t immediately associate it with our continent, Europe still has a lot of mining activity. Nevertheless, mining metals such as copper, nickel and zinc produces large quantities of mineral waste - so-called tailings. Because this waste is mainly sent to landfills, it has a large environmental impact. The Horizon 2020 project NEMO, that ended late 2022, researched, developed and demonstrated solutions in this regard. VITO was also involved in the part of the project on recovering the mineral fraction of mining waste, working closely with ResourceFull.