SIM² KU Leuven – SOLVOMET researchers have studied the metathesis or anion-exchange of ionic liquids in a laboratory-scale mixer-settler set-up. The counter-current operation maximises the driving force for the exchange process and essentially allows higher...
SOLVOMET/SIM2 KU Leuven and VITO researchers developed a process to recover copper, zinc and lead from chloride leachates of photovoltaic panel residues. The work, which was published in RSC Advances, was performed in the framework of the H2020 MSCA-ETN SULTAN...
The field of non-aqueous solvent extraction has received increased attention in the past years, as it showed to enhance metal separations significantly compared with the more conventional aqueous solvent extraction systems. SOLVOMET/SIM² researchers have now published...
SULTAN, the European Training Network for the remediation and reprocessing of sulphidic mining waste sites, has launched its long-awaited Thematic Section in the Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy. The Thematic Section comprises 10 research papers on the different...
SOLVOMET/SIM² KU Leuven researchers developed a solvometallurgical process to regenerate and reuse the anionic collector SDS and to strip copper from foam phases produced after the ion flotation of Cu-Zn dilute ammoniacal leachates. The work was performed in the...
The 2-day symposium “(Re)Mining extractive waste, a new business?” (May 17-18, 2022, Mechelen-Belgium) gathers leading experts in the field of mining and/or remining of extractive waste, with a focus on the tailings that arise during the mining and processing of...
SOLVOMET is KU Leuven’s Centre for Solvometallurgy. SOLVOMET’s mission is to support its industrial and RTD partners in the conceptual and practical development of more sustainable solvometallurgical separation processes and new mining chemicals, which are subsequently tested using state-of-the-art lab-scale and mini pilot-scale experimental facilities.
Counter-current ionic liquid metathesis reduces environmental impactJanuary 21, 2022
Recovery of copper, zinc and lead from photovoltaic panel residuesJanuary 19, 2022
Enhancing metal separation by non-aqueous solvent extraction: a critical re…January 11, 2022
New Thematic Section on extractive waste in Journal of Sustainable Metallur…December 15, 2021
Closing the loop in ion flotation using solvometallurgyNovember 26, 2021