Innovation Theme: Mineral Processing/Resource Efficiency
WhISPER: Waterless Iron Silicate Production with Energy Recovery
Project duration: 1 January 2019 – 31 January 2021 Objective In the pyrometallurgical copper smelting process the main product is copper,...
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UPGRADE: Upscaling of a strip-cast-process for Heavy Rare Earth – lean magnet grades
Project duration: 1 January 2019 – 31 December 2021 Objective Sintered Nd-Fe-B-type permanent magnets (PM) are essential components of electrical machines...
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ThermoSpray: Scale-up of a thermal spray decomposition process for niobium oxide production
Project duration: 1 January 2019 – 30 September 2020 Objective H.C. Starck has developed a thermal spray decomposition of a niobium-containing...
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SAMOA: Sustainable Aluminium additive Manufacturing for high performance Applications
Project duration: 1 April 2019 – 31 March 2022 Objective 3D printing of metals, specifically known as Additive Manufacturing (AM), gained...
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Morecovery: Modular recovery process services for hydrometallurgy and water treatment
Project duration: 1 January 2019 – 31 December 2021 Objective The need for raw materials, especially Rare Earth Elements (REE), is...
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GREENY: GRinding Energy EfficiencY
Project duration: 1 January 2019 – 30 June 2021 Objective The GREENY project focuses on increasing the energy efficiency of comminution and...
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EuGeLi: European Geothermal Lithium Brines
Project duration: 1 January 2019 – 31 December 2021 Objective Lithium is a strategic metal, especially for batteries manufacturing for electric...
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ENDUREIT: Efficient design of steel with excellent durability at intermediate temperature
Project duration: 1 January 2019 – 31 December 2021 Objective Traditional materials development and implementation, which are still practised in the...
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CORTOOLS: Co-creation of corrosion monitoring and prediction tools
Project duration: 1 January 2019 – 31 December 2021 Objective Corrosion is the most important materials failure mechanism in the industry...
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CarSiFer: Innovative Recycling Solution for waste containing Carbon, Silicon and Iron
Project duration: 1 January 2019 – 30 June 2022 Objective Nowadays, most ores and metals are imported to Europe, which, inherently,...
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