Mine the Gap – MINDINGSOILS Project begins
Today, 1st September 2021, officially starts the MINDINGSOILS project, the winning project of the European Mine The Gap call. MINE.THE.GAP is an innovation project funded by the European Commission as part of the INNOSUP programme. The main ambition of the MINE.THE.GAP call is to provide SMEs in the mining sector from eight different European countries with the necessary tools to improve their competitiveness, boost their growth and implement new services, solutions and/or products through cross-sector and cross-regional collaboration. The objective of the MINDINGSOILS project (Artificial soils with biochar applied to prevention of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) within circular economy framework) is to demonstrate, through a pilot test (TRL 7), innovative green technologies in the field of mine restoration and closure to prevent Acid Mine Drainage (AMD). The technology applied in the project is based on artificial soils, made from organic and inorganic waste from the mine and...