On April 27 more than 220 people participated in the on-line event “Can the recycling of mining waste become a new business?” Covering distinct case-studies, three experts – representing EC DG Environment, Boliden & Cronimet – shared their views on the matter of...
A team of SIM² researchers (SOLVOMET & SURF Groups) have succeeded in electrodepositing the rare-earth elements neodymium and dysprosium at ambient temperatures from organic electrolytes. The electrolytes consist of a redox-active rare-earth borohydride complex,...
“Rare-earth recycling needs market intervention” … that’s the title of the Nature Reviews Materials Comment article (Impact Factor = 75) by SOLVOMET/SIM² KU Leuven researchers Koen Binnemans and Peter Tom Jones. For this Comment piece they who worked together with...
Dissolution of metals in organic solvents is relevant to various applications, such as metal extraction from ores or secondary resources, surface etching, and separation of metals from other compounds. Organic solvents can offer a solution when aqueous systems fail....
On March 31 (14-16h) the launch event for Flanders Metals Valley vzw will take place, feature testimonials by An Steegen (CTO Umicore), Bernard Hallemans (CEO Aperam Stainless Europe) and Sven Vandeputte (Gedelegeerd Bestuurder OCAS). The event, which will be an...
SOLVOMET/SIM2 KU Leuven researchers have developed three different routes to recover and purify Pd, Pt and Rh from spent autocatalysts. One of these routes (liquid-liquid extraction) was selected for industrial validation together with two other technologies developed...
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.
5 lessons learned from NEMO’s event on remining extractive waste (April 202…May 4, 2021
Electrodeposition of neodymium and dysprosium from organic electrolytesApril 23, 2021
Rare-earth recycling needs market intervention (Nature Reviews Materials)March 29, 2021
Oxidative dissolution of metals in organic solvents: a critical reviewMarch 25, 2021
Interactive launch event for Flanders Metals Valley vzw (31 March, 14-16h)March 3, 2021