OUR MISSION
To develop, organise & implement problem-driven, science-deep research & future-oriented education, contributing to the environmentally friendly production & recycling of metals, minerals & engineered materials, supporting (…) a climate-friendly, circular-economy. Read more >
News
Sustainable metals for a sustainable society (Geniaal, October 2020)
Find out more about SIM²’s research activities and its thermodynamically-based view on the Circular Economy in this featured article in Geniaal, the house magazine of the KU Leuven Faculty of Engineering Sciences.
Recycling mining waste: a new business? (EU NEMO project video)
Can the recycling of sulphidic mining waste become a new business? That’s the question we address in EU NEMO, a multi-partner project that targets the upscaling of distinct innovative pilots. Find out more in this new video.
“A granted project is like a child you hand over to your PhD students”
During the past years Prof. Tom Van Gerven has been the driving force behind the SIM² Research Line “Process Intensification and Digitalisation”. In this interview you get to know more about his research activities & philosophy.
Ammoniacal solvoleaching of copper from chrysocolla ore
SIM² KU Leuven/SOLVOMET researchers have developed an ammoniacal solvoleaching process to extract copper from high-grade chrysocolla copper silicate ores. The work was published in the Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy.
Meet our SIM² colleagues
“Lithium mining in Spain & Portugal is within the realm of possibility”
Dr. Dominique Jacques’ is developing a metallogenic model to explain the structural emplacement of magmatic-hydrothermal quartz vein and pegmatites, which are enriched in critical metals such as W, Sn, Li, Nb and Ta. In this interview you get to know more about his work.
“A granted project is like a child you hand over to your PhD students”
During the past years Prof. Tom Van Gerven has been the driving force behind the SIM² Research Line “Process Intensification and Digitalisation”. In this interview you get to know more about his research activities & philosophy.
Research Results
Ammoniacal solvoleaching of copper from chrysocolla ore
SIM² KU Leuven/SOLVOMET researchers have developed an ammoniacal solvoleaching process to extract copper from high-grade chrysocolla copper silicate ores. The work was published in the Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy.
Understanding salt effects on SX processes of metal ions
SIM² KU Leuven/SOLVOMET researchers have unravelled the effect of dissolved chloride salts on the structure of water and on the complex formation of metal ions with chlorides. The work was published in the journal Inorganic Chemistry.
