EIT RawMaterials is one of the key actors in the European Battery Alliance (EBA). Together with some of our partners, we are actively involved in the industry stakeholder consultation process coordinated by EIT InnoEnergy as well as in consulting the European Commission in its Strategic Action Plan for Batteries. As our society moves towards a New Energy [...]
PMC starts the processing factory construction in Delfzijl, The Netherlands Last week, EIT RawMaterials supported start-up and now a well-established SME – Purified Metal Company (PMC) has completed the financing for the construction of a large-scale state-of-the-art processing plant that recycles contaminated steel scrap (i.e. asbestos and other toxic materials) into a high-quality raw material [...]
Talk Nerdy To Me (TNTM) has gathered the EIT RawMaterials innovation community to connect and train on how to effectively present and pitch their research to policymakers and investors. EIT RawMaterials together with its partners RWTH Aachen and TU Clausthal launched the science communication bootcamp “Talk Nerdy To Me 2018”, the past 2-4 July at Rammelsberg, in [...]
Investing in the digital change in the mining industry Gründerfonds Ruhr, jointly initiated by NRW.BANK and Initiativkreis Ruhr, made its second investment within only a few weeks. Together with High-Tech Gründerfonds, they are investing 1.5 million euros in talpasolutions GmbH. The Essen-based start-up supports companies in the global mining industry by providing big data analyses: [...]
Identifying future collaboration opportunities in a creative way. On 13 June, KU Leuven Materials Department (MTM) hosted the Creative PyroFlex and ResiduFlex Partners Meeting within the framework of the EIT RawMaterials Network of Infrastructure (NoI). The meeting of 12 partners from five different EU countries was kicked-off with a swift visit to the Hi-Temp and SREMat [...]
New applications at the intersection between Earth observation data and the raw materials sector From 11 June to 14 June, a short course took place at the University of Liège, Belgium that aimed to introduce the potential of Earth observation and remote sensing as important tools for the raw materials community. The organisers were the [...]
Participants from educational programmes, start-ups and business competitions to play a pivotal role in EIT RawMaterials Alumni On 15-16 June 2018, EIT RawMaterials Alumni kicked off its inaugural meeting in Berlin. A diverse group of 25 participants from 17 countries participated in the event, all of whom had taken part in educational programmes, start-ups and [...]
On 19 June, EIT RawMaterials will organise a workshop ‘How methodology determines what is critical’ during the international conference Resources for Future Generations (RFG) in Vancouver, Canada. Critical raw materials are vital for many key technologies that enable the transitions towards a more connected and sustainable world. At RFG2018, EIT RawMaterials runs a session on [...]
EIT RawMaterials supported start-up, REIN4CED, has been selected as one of 12 nominees for the Start Up challenge of the World Materials Forum 2018. On 27-29 June, REIN4CED will pitch and exhibit at the World Materials Forum 2018 in Nancy, France where the winner of the Start Up challenge will be revealed. The nomination confirms REIN4CED composite material [...]
Circularise start-up supported by EIT RawMaterials makes transparency and communication in circular value chains possible by utilising blockchain and zero knowledge. “It’s quite hard to find any solid circular economy innovations, but what Circularise has come up with can really go far.” Beant Dijkstra is Business Developer at EIT RawMaterials and knows just how difficult [...]
