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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Research and Development activities turn around programmes related to "waste" and "polluted sites and soils". They have been intensified so as to provide a better response to the ever increasing environment market. They are closely linked to projects of the European Commission Research Framework Programme and those of the National Research Agency (NRA). This activity is also related to industrial partnership.

The projects aim mainly at developing a scientific expertise to support public authorities and, at developing processes in collaboration with industrial partners -notably innovative processes for processing and recycling waste and contaminated land, drawing on biotechnologies in particular.

Key Projects  
  • The database THERMODDEM
     "Thermodynamics and modelling of the degradation of mineral waste",
    inventory of the thermodynamic characteristics of mineral waste
Participation in European Commission projects  
  • AquaTerra - Global change and ecosystems integrated projects
    Projet du VIe Programme Cadre de Recherche et Développement
  • AWAST - Management of Municipal Solid Waste Treatment methods
  • BIOMINE - Biotechnologies for Metal bearing materials in Europe.


  • BIOSHALE - Search for a sustainable way of exploiting black shale ores using biotechnologies.
  • ELMAA - Integrated water management of Mediterranean phosphate mining and local
    agricultural systems

  • EUGRIS - European Groundwater and Contaminated Land Information System
    Projet du Ve Programme Cadre de Recherche et Développement
  • FORWAST - Overall mapping of physical flows and stocks of resources to forecast waste quantities in Europe and identify life-cycle environmental stakes of waste prevention and recycling
  • FUNMIG - Fundamental processes of radionuclide migration
  • HOLIWAST - Holistic assessment of waste management technologies
  • IMaHg - Enhanced knowledge in mercury fate and transport for improved management of Hg soil contamination

Brgm is involved in the “IMaHg” research project funded by the third call of the European SNOWMAN Network. The overall aim of the IMaHg project is to provide recommendations and to highlight needs to improve management of sites contaminated by mercury. Recommendations and needs will be established based on i) enhanced understanding of mercury forms fate, transport and modelling in the vadose zone and on ii) comparison of available and currently used practices in characterisation, assessment and remediation of mercury contamination. Partnership:

The SNOWMAN Network is a transnational group of research funding organizations and administrations in the field of Soil and Groundwater in Europe.

More information about the SNOWMAN Network can be found on its website

For more information please contact: Dr. Valérie Guerin, v.guerin@brgm.fr

Participation in National Research Agency (ANR) projects  
  • CARMEX - CARbonatation Minérale EX-situ de résidus miniers - Procédé innovant, mécanismes, évaluation de la filière
  • COBIAS - Compréhension du rôle du biofilm bactérien et maîtrise de son développement lors du traitement d'eaux arséniées en bioréacteurs à lit-fixe
  • NANOMORPH ANR-P2N 2011-2014 - Particle size, shape and concentration of nanotubes/nanowires in liquids
  • NANOSEP ANR-PRECODD 2009-2012 - Aggregation and Separation Processes of Nanoparticles
  • ORLA - Optimisation du recyclage des laitiers d'aciéries de conversion

Soil contaminated by coal tar residues

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