Closing the upcoming EU gypsum gap with phosphogypsum
Nils Haneklaus
(1, 2, 3)
,
Sofia Barbossa
(4, 5)
,
M. Dolores Basallote
(6, 7)
,
Martin Bertau
(1, 2, 8)
,
Essaid Bilal
(9, 10)
,
Ewelina Chajduk
(11)
,
Yelizaveta Chernysh
(12, 13)
,
Viktoriia Chubur
(12, 13)
,
João Cruz
(14, 5)
,
Krzysztof Dziarczykowski
(15)
,
Peter Fröhlich
(1, 2)
,
Philippe Grosseau
(9, 16)
,
Hamid Mazouz
(17)
,
Katarzyna Kiegiel
(11)
,
José Miguel Nieto
(6, 7)
,
Sandra Pavón
(1, 2, 8)
,
Sofia Pessanha
(14)
,
Andrzej Pryzowicz
(15)
,
Hynek Roubík
(13)
,
Carlos Ruiz Cánovas
(6, 7)
,
Horst Schmidt
(18)
,
Rainer Seeling
(18)
,
Grażyna Zakrzewska-Kołtuniewicz
(11)
1
Freiberg University of Mining and Technology
2 Institute of Chemical Technology
3 SMR Td-Lab - Td Lab Sustainable Mineral Resources
4 GEOBIOTEC - Center for GeoBioSciences, GeoTechnologies and GeoEngineering
5 FCT NOVA - Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia = School of Science & Technology
6 Department of Earth Sciences & Research Center on Natural Resources
7 Universidad de Huelva
8 Fraunhofer - Fraunhofer Technology Center for High-Performance Materials THM
9 SPIN-ENSMSE - Centre Sciences des Processus Industriels et Naturels
10 EVS - Environnement, Ville, Société
11 INCT - Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
12 Sumy State University
13 CZU - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
14 LIBPhys-UNL - Laboratorio de Instrumentaçao, Engenharia Biomédica e Fisica da Radiaçao
15 Biopolinex Sp. Z o. o.
16 LGF-ENSMSE - Laboratoire Georges Friedel
17 Groupe OCP
18 Alferrock GmbH
2 Institute of Chemical Technology
3 SMR Td-Lab - Td Lab Sustainable Mineral Resources
4 GEOBIOTEC - Center for GeoBioSciences, GeoTechnologies and GeoEngineering
5 FCT NOVA - Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia = School of Science & Technology
6 Department of Earth Sciences & Research Center on Natural Resources
7 Universidad de Huelva
8 Fraunhofer - Fraunhofer Technology Center for High-Performance Materials THM
9 SPIN-ENSMSE - Centre Sciences des Processus Industriels et Naturels
10 EVS - Environnement, Ville, Société
11 INCT - Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
12 Sumy State University
13 CZU - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
14 LIBPhys-UNL - Laboratorio de Instrumentaçao, Engenharia Biomédica e Fisica da Radiaçao
15 Biopolinex Sp. Z o. o.
16 LGF-ENSMSE - Laboratoire Georges Friedel
17 Groupe OCP
18 Alferrock GmbH
Nils Haneklaus
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Essaid Bilal
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Yelizaveta Chernysh
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Peter Fröhlich
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Philippe Grosseau
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José Miguel Nieto
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Abstract
The EU Renewable Energy Directive with climate and energy goals
does not leave room for coal-burning power plants that currently
contribute approximately 17 million t of flue gas desulfurization (FGD)
gypsum to EU manufacturers that require a total of 57 million t of
gypsum per year (EU, 2020). It is also unlikely that natural gypsum
production in the EU can be significantly increased in the near-term.
Unlike other critical raw materials (CRMs) such as rare earth elements
(REEs) that constitute a relatively small volume and can be imported
over long-distances, such practice is not economically feasible for this
relatively inexpensive (per weight) bulk-commodity used in large
quantities. Transport costs for natural gypsum easily surpass the product
value, so that imports would measurably increase prices for construction
in the EU and affect millions.