admin-idener The REE4EU project has demonstrated at a pilot scale a closed-loop permanent magnet recycling process for the first time in Europe. The REE4EU pilot has successfully treated several tons of in-process wastes and end-of-life products containing rare earth elements, resulting in the recovery of almost hundred kilos of rare earth alloys directly from the mixed …
IDENER attended the Matchmaking event of Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) the past 22nd February, which joined the members of BIC around workshops and pitches about the topics of the new BBI call. It also brought the opportunity to the participants to increase their networking. IDENER actively participated in the event arranging meetings with other members to identify common interest and collaborations for future …
The kick-off meeting of the LightCoce H2020 project was held in Athens, on 23-24 January at the premises of the project coordinator, the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). The project focuses on building an Ecosystem for the up-scaling of lightweight multi-functional concrete and ceramic materials and structures. During this two-day meeting, the consortium has …
MORSE project has just celebrated its last consortium meeting in Tornio (Finland) inside the facilities of Outokumpu Stainless Oy. Even temperatures as low as -30 ºC do not present any problem to the brave members of our consortium. Very productive discussions and valuable contributions have come out during 2 days of meetings including the workshop …
In the framework of the ‘Industrial Strategy in Andalusia 2020’, IDENER was invited to be part of the group of experts within the environmental work-group focused on the industrial activities related to metallurgy. During the session, different proposed actions were presented among all the participants in order to deal with the drawbacks of the current …
The Spanish journal “ABC” presented a couple of days ago a new section about R&D activities. This is very interesting for research companies as the developed work can be also disseminated through this channel reaching a wider audience, as ABC is the reference newspaper and dean of the national press. The event was attended by …
In the context of the finalization of the INTMET project “Integrated innovative metallurgical system to benefit efficiently polymetallic, complex and low-grade ores and concentrates”, Cobre las Cruces, as coordinator of the INMENT project, organized a clustering conference entitled “Fostering Innovation in the Iberian Pyrite Belt”. This conference was organized with the aim of promoting sustainable …
BioRECO2VER’s general assembly meeting was held in Èvry, France, the last 11th December. The meeting was hosted by consortium partner Syngip-Global Bioenergies. Members had great discussions during and after the meeting and enjoyed the Global Bioenergy facility visit. From IDENER side, we presented the progress in Work Package 5, about the scale-up of the process, and Work …
After 6 months of the beginning of the CROCODILE project, the complete consortium met in Mons (Belgium) in order to update the achievements within this period. During the first day, work packages related to the study of the physical treatment of primary and secondary cobalt-rich sources presented their main results. Work related to dissemination, communication …
Palladium, tantalum, silicon: manufacturers extract these resources to build cars, solar panels and computers. But, like the 24 other raw materials considered as critical by the European Commission, most of the supply comes from China. To ensure its mineral sovereignty, Brussels identifies the most promising mining deposits in Europe. France, Spain and the United Kingdom …