The current energy transition faces many challenges across the various stages of the metal supply chain (from mineral extraction to product end-of-life). On March 12, 2020, several EU H2020 projects and other partners team up to organise a seminar in which a high...
SOLVOMET members have developed a new process for the valorization of the leaching residue of the zinc roast-leach-electrowin process using methanesulfonic acid (MSA). This residue accounts for 0.3 tons per ton of produced zinc, and its valorization strategy focuses...
Rare-earths permanent magnets were selectively roasted with 5 wt.% carbon to obtain a rare-earth phase, separated from iron particles. After mechanical removal of the iron particles, the rare-earth phase was recovered in only 20 min by using the ionic liquid...
On November 26, 2019, the KU Leuven Academic Council has formally recognised SIM² KU Leuven as one of the 4 flagship “KU Leuven Institutes” that will start their activities on January 1, 2020. The KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals (“SIM²”) wants...
In the framework of the EU Raw Materials Week, a broad cluster of six EU Horizon 2020 projects teamed up to organize a satellite event on “Public Acceptance and Social Impact of Mining and Mineral Recycling in Europe”. The projects NEMO, CROCODILE, TARANTULA, SecREEts...
“Stairway to Sustainability” is the title of the second animated movie of the EU MSCA-ETN SOCRATES project in which researchers Christina and Stelios proudly present the research results of the project and demonstrate how they have transformed metal-containing...
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.
How will Europe become climate neutral by 2050? Challenging the EU Green De…January 31, 2020
Methanesulfonic acid proves its potential in solvometallurgyJanuary 23, 2020
Selective roasting of NdFeB magnets for ionic liquids leaching intensificat…December 23, 2019
Breaking news: SIM² recognised as KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metal…December 17, 2019
Public acceptance of mining and recycling in Europe: six recommendationsDecember 13, 2019