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The recycling of various technogenic wastes involves the most important objectives of reducing environmental pollution and conservation of natural resources. This paper presents the study of the composition of rock dumps of the Kizel coal basin (Perm Region) which was examined for the first time for rare and rare-earth elements. The studies included determining the content of rare (Li, Ge, Ga) and rare-earth elements in 30 studied samples. The results of studies through the use of ICP MS showed the presence of Li (up to 305 mg/kg), Ga (up to 57), Sc (up to 64) and Ge (up to 19) in the composition of rocks from the dumps. Concentrations of these elements significantly exceed their average global content in sedimentary rocks and coal, which allows us to consider the rock dumps as a source of raw materials for the extraction of these elements. The concentrations of yttrium and lanthanides in the studied dumps are significantly lower than the average content in sedimentary rocks. Assessment of the studied elements content in the dumps in relation to their ores showed that these massifs contain high concentrations of scandium; some burnt-out dumps contain potentially usable concentrations of germanium and gallium. The obtained results may be useful when considering the possible use of technogenic massifs matter and are of interest as part of comparative assessment of their content for other objects and territories.
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The authors would like to thank the staff of the Nanomineralogy Sector of the «Center for Collective Use of Perm State National Research University» for their assistance in conducting research.
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The reported study was funded by RFBR, project number 19-05-50071.
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Menshikova, E., Blinov, S., Belkin, P., Ilaltdinov, I., Volkova, M. (2022). Dumps of the Kizel Coal Basin as a Potential Source of Rare and Rare-Earth Elements. In: Rocha, A., Isaeva, E. (eds) Science and Global Challenges of the 21st Century - Science and Technology. Perm Forum 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 342. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89477-1_35
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