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Acronym:
Waste2CRM
Title:
Determination of the potential for acquiring critical raw materials from mining wastes, and development the method for their effective recovery
Duration:
01.09.2024 - 29.02.2028
Project coordinator:
dr inż. Michał Rejdak
Instytut Technologii Paliw i Energii (ITPE), Poland
Project leader at GIG - PIB:
dr inż.Agnieszka Klupa
e-mail: aklupa@gig.eu
tel: +32 259 21 15
Description:
The main objective of the Waste2CRM project is to determine the potential and prospects for the use of coal mining waste as an alternative source of critical raw materials (CRM), in particular Rare Earth Elements (REE) and to develop an effective method for their recovery. The proposed project will be implemented by an international Research and Development consortium consisting of experienced and specialized entities from three Ueropean countries (Poland, Greece and Spain). The consortium brings together research institutions, industry, and academia in the most effective and balanced manner to ensure efficient and seamless implementation of the work programme. The Work Plan consists of 1 Work Package dedicated to project management and 5 technical work packages, in which the scope of the project is implemented step by step, starting from the inventory of potential mining waste streams, sampling and their comprehensive analysis in term s of CRM content, through investigation, optimization of methods of effective CRM recovery, selection of the optimal technological configuration, ending with the development of a comprehensive technical, economic and environmental analysis for the implementation of the developed technology on an industrial scale. The results obtained within the project will constitute an important contribution to the European knowledge base on critical raw materials and possibilities and methods of obtaining tchem from mining waste. This will be an important element when making decisions and planning the industrial implementation of the potential recovery of critical raw materials from mining waste. The above is in line with the RFCS policy objectives i.e. article 4: Supporting the just transition of the coal sector and regions and article 6: Minimizing the environmental impacts of coal mines in transition, objectives of the TGK1 Technical Group i.e. Article 1, Point 1c, and supports the achievement of the goals of the EU's Critical Raw Material Act.
The project consortium was formed by the following partners:
INSTYTUT TECHNOLOGII PALIW I ENERGII (ITPE), Poland - Coordination
GLOWNY INSTYTUT GORNICTWA - PANSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY (GIG-PIB),Poland
SIEC BADAWCZA LUKASIEWICZ - INSTYTUT METALI NIEZELAZNYCH (IMN), Poland,
PANEPISTIMIO PATRON (UP), Greece,
SUBTERRA INGENIERIA SL (SUBTERRA), Spain
