VTT's new research professor: The green transition is not possible without better utilisation of mining waste and metals
For the green transition required by the energy crisis to be realised, better utilisation of side streams and waste from the mining and metallurgical industry is of paramount importance. VTT is now investing even more strongly in research in the field by establishing a new research professorship. Päivi Kinnunen, a leading researcher in the field, D.Sc. (Tech.), docent, M.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.), has been appointed to the professorship for a period of two years. Kinnunen emphasises that more metals need to be recovered from less for the transition to be possible.“Due to the war in Ukraine,