TAILOR-MADE - Use of mine tailings for CO2 storage

The industrial transition causes a larger-than-ever demand of metals and an increase in the amount of mine waste generated in the process is therefore expected. Now researchers at Luleå University of Technology will identify for the first time the potential of typical Swedish mine tailings, to be utilized for carbon capture and storage (CCS) by using mine waste (tailings) from Boliden Mineral, LKAB, and Viscaria. Four mines have been sampled and for the experiments, two different CO2 sources will be used, industrial emissions and direct air capture (DAC).

The project is funded by Industriklivet, Swedish Energy Agency, 2023-2028.

Glenn Bark, Christina Wanhainen, Mathis Warlo, Emily Rees