# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1032 of 13 June 2016 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for the non-ferrous metals industries (notified under document C(2016) 3563) (Text with EEA relevance), Division BAT 133

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In order to reduce the quantities of waste sent for disposal from hydrometallurgical cadmium production, BAT is to organise operations on site so as to facilitate process residues reuse or, failing that, process residues recycling, including by using one of the techniques given below.
Technique
Applicability
a
Extract the cadmium from the zinc process as a cadmium-rich cementate in the purification section, further concentrate and refine it (by electrolysis or a pyrometallurgical process) and finally transform it into marketable cadmium metal or cadmium compounds
Only applicable if an economically viable demand exists
b
Extract the cadmium from the zinc process as a cadmium-rich cementate in the purification section, and then apply a set of hydrometallurgical operations in order to obtain a cadmium-rich precipitate (e.g. cement (Cd metal), Cd(OH)2) that is landfilled, while all other process flows are recycled in the cadmium plant or in the zinc plant flow
Only applicable if suitable landfill is available

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1032/annex/division/1.5/division/1.5.4/division/1.5.4.2/division/bat+133 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032/annex/division-1.5/division-1.5.4/division-1.5.4.2/division-bat+133
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