Sustainable Agggg gregate Resource Management … Agggg gregate Resource Management SARMa Slavko Šolar,,g y Geological Survey of Slovenia Project Coordinator GEOLOŠKI ZAVOD SARM

Sustainable Aggregate Resource Sustainable Aggregate Resource gg ggg gManagement Management SARMaSARMa

Slavko Šolar, Geological Survey of Slovenia, g yProject Coordinator

GEOLOŠKI GEOLOŠKI ZAVOD ZAVOD SARM Alb i N i l W k h ZAVOD ZAVOD SLOVENIJESLOVENIJE

SARMa Albanian National Workshop, Tirana, October 29, 2010

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INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONSustainability and mineral resourcesEuropean (minerals) policiesEuropean (minerals) policies

SUSTAINABLE MINERAL RESOURCE SUSTAINABLE MINERAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT – SARMa

BasicsBasicsWhat do we do?


There are many definitions of ySustainable Development because there is disagreement about how to there is disagreement about how to balance the social equity, economic

it d i t l h lth prosperity and environmental health of sustainability.


Trade-offs and Choices in SD Trade offs and Choices in SD

► People want to sustain what they p yvalue, but values differ.

► It is not possible to sustain everything, everywhere, simultaneously.

► Future generations are important, but people live in poverty now.

► The best course of action is not always kknown.

► Concept of needs, idea of li it ti f t i t d f limitations, future oriented, process of change


Discussions about the role of natural resources in Discussions about the role of natural resources in sustainability tend to focus on the need to sustain ecosystems and maintain biodiversity.

Individual deposits are finite in size and quantity. On a broader, global scale, minerals are

ld t l h t d b t th seldom truly exhausted, but rather redistributed from their location in deposits to products and waste materials.

The main goals of sustainability as applied to minerals are to maintain the stream of benefits to society and to do so in a manner that results in a net benefit to society over the life of the mine and the product.

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Once minerals such as aggregates are considered useful to humans and

technology has advanced to the point th t th b d th that they can be processed, they are

relabeled as resources. When aggregates become resources their abundance and become resources, their abundance and

availability, i.e. supply, become important. p

Abundance is a question of geologic and economic stocks.Availability is a question of flows through the mineral system.


Challenge is shifting Challenge is shifting to sustainable aggregate resource

management (SARM) and management (SARM) and encouraging sustainable supply mix

(SSM) li i (SSM) policies.

SARM is efficient, low socio-environmental impact quarrying and waste management.SSM uses multiple sources, including recycled wastes and i d t i l b d t ( l ) th t t th i i t industrial by-products (slag), that together maximize net benefits of aggregate supply across generations.


European Minerals Policy ContextEuropean Minerals Policy ContextThematic strategy on the Sustainable Use of Natural

Resources: COM(2005) 670Resources: COM(2005) 670"decoupling": more value per kilogram, more value per

impact, less impact per kilogramMining Waste DirectiveMining Waste DirectiveRaw Materials Initiative - COM(2008) 699:Securing reliable and undistorted access to raw materials is

l b f f h ’increasingly becoming an important factor for the EU’s competitiveness and, hence, crucial to the success of the Lisbon Partnership for growth and jobs.

3 ill (1) i l di d 3 pillars: (1) access to raw materials at undistorted conditions, (2) forster sustainable supply of raw materials from EU sources, (3) reduce EU consumption of primary raw materialsof primary raw materials


Cohesion Policy > Transnational Cooperation Programme > South East European (SEE) Transnational Programme.

Consistency of the project with EU horizontal policy on environmental p ySustainability.

Synergies with other policies, programmesSynergies with other policies, programmesand other projects

Consistency with the local, regional and national policies of the involved partners


F t tFacts on aggregatesWithin the EU, the aggregate sector represents almost 3% Within the EU, the aggregate sector represents almost 3% of Construction & Housing sector gross value added, just above 5 % of EU economy. Main producers (over 400 million tons) are larger EU countries: France, Germany and Spain.pPrice varies between 3 € (south of Europe) and 8 € (mostly Scandinavian countries), while the majority of countries have a price ranging between 6,0 and 6,5 € per ton of aggregate.gg gAccess to land is restricted; for example, extraction is banned on more than 80% of sand and gravel territory. Aggregates are heavy and bulky. Transportation can add significantly to the cost of aggregate Transportation range: significantly to the cost of aggregate. Transportation range: 80 % is used within 35-50 km radius in UK. Recycling rate of construction and demolition waste for use as aggregates varies from almost zero to up to 25 % in NW EuropeEurope.


SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABLE AGGREGATES RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - SARMa

Project SEE AF/A/151/2.4/X – SARMa

2009 - 20112009 - 2011


Main objectives of the project are:

• to develop common approach to sustainable aggregate resource management (SARM) and

• to ensure sustainable supply mix (SSM) planning, at three scales, to ensure efficient and secure supply in SEE secure supply in SEE.

SARM is efficient, low socio-environmental impact quarrying and waste managementmanagement.

SSM uses multiple sources, including recycled wastes and industrial by-products (slag) that together maximize net benefits of aggregate supply across generations.across generations.


BASICS• Three levels: local regional transnationalThree levels: local, regional, transnational• Partnership: 14, partners, 8 observers, 6 Pool of stakeholders

• Project partners aim to achieve objectives through work packages (WP):

– WP1: project management• WP-leader: Geological Survey, Slovenia

– WP2: project dissemination• WP-leader: Technical University of Crete, Greece

– WP3: activities at local scale• WP-leader: Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration, Greece

– WP4: regional/national scale• WP-leader: Hungarian Office for Mining and Geology

WP5: transnational scale– WP5: transnational scale• WP-leader: University of Leoben, Austria


What do we do?What do we do?What do we do?What do we do?


questionaries...

baseline (case) study reports...

workshops, conferences, articles...

project meetings, field visits...

Contact information:

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slavko.solar@geo‐zs.si

Tel. (01) 28 09 760

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Sustainable Agggg gregate Resource Management … Agggg gregate Resource Management SARMa Slavko Šolar,,g y Geological Survey of Slovenia Project Coordinator GEOLOŠKI ZAVOD SARM