Your dissemination and SLO partner
SIM² & Horizon Europe
Industrial Sounding Board
Outreach
Events
Open Positions
Blog

Menu

About SIM²
SIM² Research Lines
SIM² Education
Your EU dissemination partner
SIM² Papers
SIM² Projects
- - EU Level
    - - EU H2020 Advanced ERC Grant
        
        ERC Advanced Grant SOLCRIMET targets solvometallurgical solutions for the selective recovery of critical metals from End-of-life waste streams, using environmentally-friendly, non-water nor acid-containing solvents
      - EU FP7/EU H2020 Training Networks Coordinated by SIM² KU Leuven
      - EU FP7/EU H2020 Research and Innovation Action Projects with SIM² KU Leuven as partner
      - EIT RawMaterials
        EIT RECOVER
        EIT AWARE
      - EU COST
  - Flemish Level
  - KU Leuven Level
  - Competitive
    - BIND-AMOR Reuse of Dredged Sediments as Supplementary Cementitious Materials
      Bilateral Extraction of Cu from copper slag including residue valorisation
      Several IWT Baekeland and Innovation Mandate Projects on critical metal recycling et al
      Several EIT Raw Materials KAVA Network-pf-Infrastructure projects
      Several confidential bilateral projects on solvent extraction
  - Completed projects
News
Newsletters
Contact
- Peter Tom Jones
  Director KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals (SIM² KU Leuven)
  
  Kasteelpark Arenberg 44, Leuven 3001, BE
  
  + 32 16 32 12 13 + 32 16 32 19 91
  
  more contact details
Industrial Sounding Board
Outreach
Open Positions
Events

SIM2 Projects

CONTACT US

KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals – Kasteelpark Arenberg 44 – Leuven 3001, Belgium

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER

First Name

Last Name

Email

NEWS

Effect of Linz-Donawitz slag addition on the hot stage slag mineralogy

May 8, 2023

Molecular thermodynamic model for solvent extraction of mineral acids by TBP

May 5, 2023

Sustainable and Comprehensive Utilisation of Copper Slag

April 27, 2023

Testimonials for Ionic liquids & deep-eutectic solvents “dead-end street paper”

April 26, 2023

Numerical study of fluid flow and mixing in the AOD process

April 18, 2023

SIM² research lines & expertise

Geological exploration and advanced resource characterisation
Remanufacturing and demanfacturing
Sustainable metallurgical processes
Upcycling processes for primary and secondary resources
Sustainability assessment and policy research
Process intensification and digitalisation

SIM² EDUCATION

Master Programmes
PhD Education
Internships
Courses open for public
Future-oriented education
EIT Academy

About Us

SIM² KU Leuven is the new KU Leuven Institute on Sustainable Metals and Minerals, one of the 4 flagship KU Leuven Institutes. SIM² mission is to develop, organise and implement problem-driven, science-deep research and future-oriented education, contributing to the environmentally friendly production and recycling of metals, minerals and engineered materials, supporting the transition to a climate-friendly, circular-economy.