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SIM² Newsletter 6 November 2016

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Unravelling the chemistry within non-aqueous solvent extraction

SOLVOMET/SIM² researchers have published their research on the effect of polar organic solvents on the solvent extraction process for rare-earth separation. The research was performed in the framework of the read more >>
Five Lessons Learned from the (Re)Mining Symposium (May 17-18, 2022)

To remine or not to remine extractive waste in Europe? That was the core question during the symposium “(Re)Mining Extractive Waste, A new business?” (Mechelen, May 17-18, 2022). SIM² Director read more >>
Global perspectives on reprocessing of mine tailings (High-level expert panel)

On March 10, 2022, the joint NEMO/CROCODILE/TARANTULA expert panel discussed the “Global perspectives on the reprocessing of mine tailings”. The objective was to find common ground and to enable the read more >>
SIM² wins prestigious HE project on battery-grade Ni/Co production (ENICON)

SIM² KU Leuven has secured Horizon Europe funding for the RIA ENICON project, which stands for “Sustainable processing of Europe’s low-grade sulphidic and lateritic nickel/cobalt ores and tailings into battery-grade read more >>
A new CSLM-based approach to study metallurgical slag solidification

SIM² KU Leuven’s HiTemp Group developed an innovative experimental setup to measure the electrical conductivity of slag while observing slag crystallisation. The results were published in Resources, Conservation and Recycling.
Boosting the repair & recycling options for EoL electrical consumer products

The Lifecycle Engineering research group (SIM²) has explored a new procedure to identify EoL electrical products by evaluating an image of the device’s product label. The work was published in read more >>

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