# 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 149

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

In order to reduce the quantities of waste sent for disposal, BAT is to organise operations on site so as to facilitate process residues reuse or, failing that, process residues recycling, including by using one or a combination of the techniques given below.
Technique
Process
a
Recovery of the metal content from slags, filter dust and residues of the wet dedusting system
Doré production
b
Recovery of the selenium collected in the wet dedusting system’s off-gases containing volatilised selenium
c
Recovery of silver from spent electrolyte and spent slime washing solutions
Silver electrolytic refining
d
Recovery of metals from residues from electrolyte purification (e.g. silver cement, copper carbonate-based residue)
e
Recovery of gold from electrolyte, slimes and solutions from the gold leaching processes
Gold electrolytic refining
f
Recovery of metals from spent anodes
Silver or gold electrolytic refining
g
Recovery of platinum group metals from platinum group metal-enriched solutions
h
Recovery of metals from the treatment of process end liquors
All processes

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1032/annex/division/1.6/division/1.6.4/division/bat+149 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032/annex/division-1.6/division-1.6.4/division-bat+149
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