The document summarizes an upcoming 5th Symposium on Mining Activities in the Mediterranean Region to be held June 29-30, 2018 in Iglesias, Italy. The symposium is organized by Associazione Mineraria Sarda, EIT Raw Materials, and the Order of Engineers of Cagliari Province. It will involve subjects interested in raw materials in the region and include topics like mining activities, exploration, environmental issues, and the commercial and legal aspects of raw materials. Speakers will come from universities, research centers, and companies in Italy and abroad to present on projects and case studies regarding mining heritage, technologies for mining at low concentrations, and managing mine sites and residues.

1. 29 ‐ 30 June 2018 Aula Magna Consorzio Ausi Palazzo Bellavista Monteponi Mine Iglesias Italy
Associazione Mineraria Sarda organises the 5th Symposium
Mining Activities in the Mediterranean Region
Mining activities and critical raw materials issues and challenges for sustainable development
29 ‐ 30 June 2018, Aula Magna Consorzio Ausi, Palazzo Bellavista, Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Italy
Associazione Mineraria Sarda, EIT Raw Materials and Order of Engineers of
Cagliari Province organises the 5th Symposium on Mining Activities of the
Raw materials recovery and circular
economy
Cagliari Province organises the 5th Symposium on Mining Activities of the
Mediterranean Region. The Symposium aims to involve all subjects that have
interests or operate in the area of the raw materials in the Mediterranean
region. The Symposium is open to all contributions and deliberately includes a
wide spectrum of topics: from the legal issues, mining, exploration,
environmental rehabilitation to the commercial aspects, legal and heritage of
Mineral exploration and mining activities
ASSOCIAZIONE MINERARIA SARDA
Founded in 1896
The Symposium is divided in three
sessions:
‐EIT & AMS Session: Presentation of
the mining activities.
Environmental characterization
Via Roma 39 09016 Iglesias, Italy
Tel /fax: +39 0781 22387 Cell: +39 348 9014006
Email: segreteria@associazioneminerariasarda.it
www.associazioneminerariasarda.it
projects and research programs focused on
reusage of secondary raw materials;
‐Mining and RM Recovery: Mining heritage
recovery. Session dedicated to examples of
recovery and re‐usage of decommissioned
mining sites and innovative technologies in Scientific Committee Scientific CommitteeEnvironmental characterization,
reclamation and recovery
mining sites and innovative technologies in
the raw materials;
‐Mining, Ore Deposits & Environment:
Session dedicated to geological themes,
exploration, ore body evaluation in the
metals and industrial minerals, metallurgy
d t t t
Scientific Committee
AMS
Stefano NAITZA
Giampaolo ORRU’
Fabio GRANITZIO
Marco ORUNESU
Antonio ZUCCA
Sandro TOCCO
Scientific Committee
EIT
Pier Luigi FRANCESCHINI
Paolo DAMBRUOSO
Davide PEDDIS
Floriana LA MARCA
Organizational Committee
Giampaolo ATZEI
Erminio COCCO
Giorgio MADEDDU
Massimiliano MANIS
and treatment processes;
Among the participants there are Alta Zinc
ltd, Milano University, USGS, Cagliari
University, SVIMISA, Naples University,
Carbosulcis, Turin University, Sassari
University.
Sandro TOCCO
PARTICIPATION FEES €40,
(includes procedings, coffee breaks, lunch)
SPONSORS FEES STARTING FROM €200

2. Mining Activities in the Mediterranean Region
Mining activities and critical raw materials issues and challenges for sustainable development
Entity Speakers Title
EIT ‐ AMS SESSION ‐ Friday 29th
, 9.30 ÷ 16.00
AMS F. Granitzio Presentation of Associazione Mineraria Sarda
i i f di ll l ibili à bi l
Entity Speakers Title
CESA G. Massacci Presentation of CESA – Centro di Eccellenza per la Sostenibilità Ambientale
EIT RM P. L. Franceschini Overview of the EIT RM – status and perspectives
EIT RM M. Gasparon
Overview of the EIT RM project portfolio on mining and exploration, including education
and wide‐society‐learning+ activities
DMT GmbH & Co. KG K. Zimmermann
Supervision of Tailings by an Integrated Novel Approach to combine Ground‐based‐ and
SpaceborneSensordata – STINGS
ZAG A. M. Pranic
Regional innovation scheme for zero waste extraction of critical raw materials – RIS‐
RECOVER
AMS SESSION: ORE DEPOSITS, MINING & ENVIRONMENT ‐ Saturday 30th
, 9.30 ÷ 13.00
USGS R. Wanty
Combining big databases to evaluate possible remediation options in areas
with inactive mines
USGS B. Kimball Understanding contaminant loadings to guide remediation decisions
UNICA/CESA G. B. De Giudici
From biomineralogy to biomineralurgy: opportunity to combine remediation and
exploitationRECOVER
CNR S. Siano The PIMAS project – NoI coordinated by CNR
GTK S. Lauri Management Tool for Continuous Mine Closure – Closurematic?
UNIUPO G. B. Appendino On Natural Product Molecular Fossils
MISE, DGS‐UNMIG F. Terlizzese, S. Grandi Mining in Italy – initiatives launched by the Ministry for Economic Development in Italy
HeadMining AB J Hedlin Challenges and new technologies for mining at low concentration
exploitation
UNITO P. Rossetti
Metallogenic features of the Co‐Ni(‐Ag) hydrothermal system from Usseglio (Lanzo
Valleys, Italian Western Alps)
UNIMI/UNICA M. Moroni, S. Naitza
The Arburese (Sardinia SW) Ni‐Co district: metallogenic and minerlogical‐geochemical
characterization of a strategic resource
UNINA N. Mondillo Critical elements in supergene ore deposits
Energia Minerals
F. Granitzio,
C Robinson
The Gorno‐Oltre il Colle Zinc‐Lead mine: recent exploration results and updated mine
planHeadMining AB J. Hedlin Challenges and new technologies for mining at low concentration
GTK L. Lauri
Building the social license to operate through offering facts on exploration and mining
a roadshow for municipalities and communities – MineFacts
AMS SESSION: MINING AND RM RECOVERY ‐ Friday 29th
, 16.00 ÷ 18
Carbosulcis A. Martini The ARIA Project
Technical and economic evaluation related to the re‐opening of a mine of "essential EU raw
g
C. Robinson plan
SVIMISA Cao, Lai, Murgia
The Funtana Piroi mine ‐ Clays selective mining and the need of establishing a quality
control process to provide the market with consistent and reliable commercial blends
UNISS S. Cuccuru Il 'San Giacomo Yellow': an altered granite dimension stone
UNITO
G. A. Dino, N. Mehta,
P. Rossetti,
D. A. DeLuca
F Ajmone‐Marsan
Sustainable mining to extract critical raw materials and secondary raw materials from
extractive waste facilities: challenges and opportunities. The Campello Monti Ni‐mine
case study
Libero Professionista C. Chiappino
Technical and economic evaluation related to the re opening of a mine of essential EU raw
materials: The case of Silius Fluorspar mine
UNICA/CESA P. Manca, G. Massacci Recovery of useful species from mineral‐metallurgical residues: potentialities and issues
UNITS,
Ecocentro Sardegna
P. Bevilacqua,
E. Esposito
Beach clean‐up: an innovative eco‐sustainable plant with recovery of material
UNICA
B. Grosso,
V. Dentoni et al.
Dust emission forecast in mine sites
F. Ajmone‐Marsan,
Poster Session ‐ From Friday 29th
to Saturday 30th
, 16.00 ‐18