The EU Horizon 2020 MSCA-ETN SULTAN consortium is looking for a dynamic team of 15 bright and enthusiastic PhD students. SULTAN focuses on the Remediation and Reprocessing of Sulfidic Mining Waste Sites. The call for applicants is now officially open. PhD candidates...
SIM² KU Leuven is delighted to announce that it has secured funding for a new EU H2020 MSCA-ETN project focusing on the Remediation and Reprocessing of Sulfidic Mining Waste Sites. The project is called SULTAN and is set to start on September 1, 2018, provided the...
In the context of the EU Horizon 2020 MSCA-ETN REDMUD project, an international team of researchers have published one of the most detailed ever characterisation studies of the occurrence of scandium in Greek bauxite and bauxite residue, in view of the development of...
In collaboration with Umicore, SIM² KU Leuven researchers investigated the thermal stability of the ionic liquid Cyphos IL 101 under various experimental conditions for possible high-temperature applications. The work has been published in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys....
In the framework of the ERC SOLCRIMET project SIM² KU Leuven researchers developed a new straightforward and versatile procedure to prepare both phosphinate and phosphonate compounds. These compounds are useful as reagents for solvent extraction of a variety of...
Following the coverage by the Financial Times, the World Economic Forum and multiple documentaries and TED-talks, Euronews-Futuris has just released a new documentary video on the topic of Enhanced Landfill Mining. The present video features EU H2020 MSCA-ETN NEW-MINE...
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.
Call for applicants: 15 PhD positions in SULTANJune 14, 2018
New EU H2020 MSCA-ETN coming soon: meet SULTANJune 1, 2018
Scandium in Greek bauxite and bauxite residueMay 22, 2018
Thermal stability of ionic liquid Cyphos IL 101May 21, 2018
Novel approach to phosphinates and phosphonatesMay 21, 2018