Objective Mining has been a principal industry within Europe for thousands of years and continues to provide growth potential and associated socio-economic benefits. The safe and environmentally storage of the process wastes in the tailings facility (TSF) is an important cost for most mining projects, both during operation and post closure. Recent EU Landfill Driective COM(93)275 are currently being adopted by regulators and potentially, TSF will represent a high proportion of capital expenditure at start up and significant liability post closure. In the proposed study the aim is to develop technologies that can be incorporated into the operational phase to achieve cost effective tailings closure systems. In some cases the closure of a TSF may represent more than 50% of the overall closure cost. It is expected that the employment of cost effective closure technologies may reduce costs by at least 15%. The potential cost savings has been estimated at 1.2 billion Euros in the EU region. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemploymentengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processes Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.3.-1. - Key Action Innovative Products, Processes and Organisation Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator SCOTT WILSON PIESOLD LTD EU contribution No data Address Station Road 134 TN23 1PP ASHFORD United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all COPPER RESEARCH AND DESIGN CENTER CUPRUM LTD Poland EU contribution No data Address Pl. 1 Maja 1-2 50 136 WROCLAW See on map Total cost No data IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Prince Consort Road, Royal School of Mines Buildi SW7 2BP LONDON See on map Total cost No data MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA Greece EU contribution No data Address Alsyllion Agrokepion 73100 HANIA - CRETE See on map Total cost No data MINERAL AND ENERGY ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE - POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Poland EU contribution No data Address WYBICKIEGO 7 30-950 KRAKOW See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Greece EU contribution No data Address Zographou Campus 15780 ATHENS See on map Total cost No data TRANSGOLD SA Romania EU contribution No data Address Victoriei Street, 77 B 4800 BAIA-MARE See on map Total cost No data