Optimising the REE-Zr-Nb potential of eudialyte and its alteration products in the Ilímaussaq complex, South Greenland

• Main Authors: Borst, Anouk Margaretha, Mortensen, Henrik Friis, Finch, Adrian Anthony
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Greenland; Lovozero
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publications/cb30ab9a-ebb6-4d1d-bdde-54bc2afbb55a; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/10055/1/Borst_2016_MDSG_Optimising_Abstract.pdf

Rare earth elements (REE) are critical to the development of a sustainable hi-tech economy [1].Eudialyte-bearing nepheline syenites provide promising alternatives to currently mined REE deposits in China, and techniques for their economic and environmental friendly exploitation are being developed....