Section III. CRITICAL MATERIALS (substitution and recovery)

1. INTEGRATION OPPORTUNITIES OF CENTRAL FLOTATION POND FROM BAIA MARE IN THE MINING CIRCULAR ECONOMY
   Authors: : Ioana Cristina BADEA, Beatrice Adriana SERBAN, Adelina Ionela MATEI, Ioana ANASIEI, Lidia LICU, Mihai GHITA
   Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: Ioana Cristina BADEA, National R&D Institute for Non-Ferrous and Rare Metals – IMNR, Romania

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2. Li-MINERALS FROM CONTU PEGMATITES, ROMANIA
   Authors: Nicolae CALIN, Aurora Maruta IANCU, Oana Claudia CIOBOTEA BARBU, Delia Georgeta DUMITRAS, Stefan MARINCEA, Ciprian CONSTANTINA, Diana PERSA, Eduard Costin GHINESCU, Ingrid Diana POLL, Maria Angela ANASON, Adriana Mariana ION, Oana Gabriela RADOI, Valentin PARASCHIV, Monica MACOVEI, Cristina SAVA, Alina MERCAN
   Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: Oana Claudia CIOBOTEA BARBU, Geological Institute of Romania, Romania / University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Romania

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3. APPLICATION OF MECHANOCHEMISTRY TO CRM RECOVERY
   Authors: Z. CHERKEZOVA-ZHELEVA, D. PANEVA, E. ENCHEVA

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4. ECO-FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY FOR GOLD RECOVERY FROM Cu AND Pb BEARING MINING WASTE
   Authors: Erika Andrea LEVEI, Cerasel VARATICEANU, Emilia NEAG, Simion Bogdan ANGYUS, Jack GOLDSTEIN, Rozica OSANU, Mircia BIZO, Mihai GHITA, Francoise BODENAN

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5. MICROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS UPON THE CENTRAL FLOTATION POND FROM BAIA MARE IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY THE PRESENCE OF HEAVY AND PRECIOUS METALS
   Authors: Alexandru Cristian MATEI, Mihai GHITA, Lidia LICU, Nicoleta ZARNESCU-IVAN, Alexandra Gabriela PASCARIU, Florentin STOICIU
   Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: Alexandru Cristian MATEI, Lidia LICU, Alexandra Gabriela PASCARIU, National R&D Institute for Non-Ferrous and Rare Metals – IMNR, Romania

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6. POTENTIAL USE OF PYRITE WASTE AS CEMENT REPLACEMENT
   Authors: Ionut MACARESCU, Ioana ANASIEI, Nicoleta VITAN, Mihai GHITA, Alexandru MATEI
   Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees:: Ioana ANASIEI, Nicoleta VITAN, Alexandru MATEI, National R&D Institute for Non-Ferrous and Rare Metals – IMNR, Romania

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7. HYDROTHERMAL TECHNOLOGY FOR THE GREEN SYNTHESIS OF RARE EARTHS DOPED ZIRCONIA NANOPARTICLES
   Authors: Adrian Mihail MOTOC, Anca Elena SLOBOZEANU, Simona BEJAN, Radu Robert PITICESCU, Dumitru Valentin DRAGUT, Alain LARGETEAU, Mythili PRAKASAM
   Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: Anca Elena SLOBOZEANU, National R&D Institute for Non-Ferrous and Rare Metals – IMNR, Romania

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8. HIGH-ENTROPY ALLOYS AND COATINGS FOR MITIGATION OF CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS PROBLEM: PREDICTION OF THEIR STABILITY AND PROPERTIES
   Authors: Bogdan POSTOLNYI, Vladimir BURANICH, Peter KLAVER, Kateryna SMYRNOVA, Luís REBOUTA, João Pedro ARAÚJO, Alexander POGREBNJAK, Vladyslav ROGOZ
   Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees:Bogdan POSTOLNYI^1,2, Vladimir BURANICH¹, Kateryna SMYRNOVA¹, Vladyslav ROGOZ¹, ¹Sumy State University, Ukraine, ²Institute of Physics for Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics (IFIMUP), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal

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9. DETERMINATION OF PLATINUM AND PALLADIUM IN SPENT CATALYSTS USING INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY
   Authors: Marin SENILA, Oana CADAR, Sarah BÖRINGER, Karine SEAUDEAU-PIROULEY, Patrick LACROIX-DESMAZES

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10. THE EVOLUTION OF IRON PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE MIDDLE AGE IN CENTRAL EUROPE
    Authors: Beatrice Adriana SERBAN, Ioana Cristina BADEA, Dan CONSTANTINESCU, Ioana ANASIEI, Mihai Tudor OLARU, Dumitru MITRICA, Denisa VONICA, Marian BURADA, Simona BEJAN
    Young Scientists Award Competition Nominees: Ioana ANASIEI, National R&D Institute for Non-Ferrous and Rare Metals – IMNR, Romania / University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Romania

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11. PROMETHEUS: A COPPER BASED POLYMETALLIC CATALYST FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS. PART I: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION
    Authors: Iakovos YAKOUMIS

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12. PROMETHEUS: A COPPER BASED POLYMETALLIC CATALYST FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS. PART II: CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY AND ENDURANCE AS COMPARED WITH ORIGINAL CATALYSTS
    Authors: I. YAKOUMIS, A.M. MOSCHOVI, M. PAPASTERGIOU, E. POLYZOU

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