Bosnia and Herzegovina is an extremely ore-rich country. Various mines are functioning along the country, especially with the recent influx of foreign investments (examples British „ArcellorMittal“ invested in the iron mine in Prijedor city, Belgian „Carmeus“ invested in the limestone mine in Doboj city etc.).
The zeolites deposits are registered all along the country but are not widely exploited. Bosnian potential for zeolites industry is therefore still unexplored, with only exception a successful company „Alumina“ from Zvornik city, which produces synthetic zeolites and is one of the main European producers in this area on the basis of domestic Al2O3 ores.
One of the potentially multifunctional zeolites could be found in the Teslić area, village Srednja Šnjegotina. This mine has been illegally exploited and sold for years as a material for agriculture, an additive for cosmetics etc. However, no serious and scientifically approved characterization has yet been published on this material. The BlowUp project team from the University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Science, visited the site with permission of the national inspector and took 10kg of the samples. The samples are dried and sent to the partners' laboratories for characterizations. The samples in Banja Luka will be tested as an adsorbent for toxic organics via batch adsorption technique.
Balkans Waste to Products:
transfer of NoI model to Balkan area: de-siloing new waste-derived raw materials and developing new applications - RIS
