LKAB produces Apatite from mine waste in a new pilot plant
LKAB is developing technology to recycle mine waste to produce phosphorus mineral fertilisers, rare earth elements (REEs), fluorine and gypsum, in a project called ReeMAP. The first step is to use the mine waste to produce an apatite concentrate, something LKAB is now doing in their pilot plant.Leif Boström, senior Vice President for Business Area Special Products and CEO of LKAB Minerals, which is managing the development within LKAB, explains “We are now up and running with the first step, to produce apatite concentrate, although in a pilot scale. We need to test, verify and plan this