EnAct-SDGs: Enhancing the skills of ESEE raw materials students towards the achievement of SDGs Are you a University student, Academic staff, professional or Industry representative in the Raw Materials sector? We are looking for your views on the educational needs of the sector! EnAct-SDGs has launched a Survey on the Educational Needs of the [...]
More than 13 000 students enrolled in an online course on Circular Economy The global lockdown due to COVID-19 has contributed positively to the number of participants undertaking the online course Circular Economy: Sustainable Materials Management. In March and April, the number of participants was tripled compared to previous months. In late June there were [...]
Pilot tests will demonstrate how UNEXUP technology can address the most challenging requirements and needs of the mining community The objective of the field trials is to demonstrate the capabilities of the UX robots under real-life industrial conditions while demonstrating how the UNEXUP technology can flexibly address even the most challenging requirements and needs of [...]
MineLCA software will transform environmental sustainability in the mining industry Minviro has been awarded the EIT RawMaterials Booster grant, after a successful application and pitch to an expert jury. The RM Booster will accelerate the development of a software tool that will transform environmental sustainability in the mining industry. The [...]
Novel alloy solution makes metallic materials endure corrosion six times longer An innovative alloy and design process is currently upscaled within the EIT RawMaterials project Endureit to prolong the lifetime for duplex stainless steels. Results from an earlier project funded by EIT RawMaterials shows that the new alloy's lifetime is about six times longer [...]
Defining the key KPIs for a modern mining company In order to identify the pressing issues of the industry, the smartHUB project consortium has initiated a survey on the most important Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in mining. The team is asking mining operators, managers, engineering staff, and maintenance staff for [...]
60 million tons of industrial side streams can be used as raw material In order to move society toward a circular economy and reducing society’s use of virgin raw materials, industry by-products (side streams) have to be treated as products as well. This has been the objective in the Min-Pet project (2016–2019) where the use [...]
Uncovering mineral potential of the Eastern and South-Eastern Europe RESEERVE project aims to map the mineral sources of West Balkan countries. The six ESEE (Eastern and South-Eastern Europe) countries include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia. These countries have recently not been included in the existing data platforms. Therefore, the [...]
Supporting entrepreneurs and innovation made in Europe Your start-up or an SME offers sustainable solutions for the raw materials sector? Apply for the Booster Call to get financial support and access to the EIT RawMaterials partner network to scale-up your business! […]
Skills for the Future fostering the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs in Europe Skills for the Future is a secondary schools programme executed in collaboration with EIT Food and EIT Climate-KIC. Each EIT Innovation Community is active in a different region – EIT RawMaterials in Slovenia, EIT Climate-KIC in [...]
