Project

SEArcularMINE – Circular Processing of Seawater Brines from Saltworks for Recovery of Valuable Raw Materials

The SEArcularMINE project focuses on the brine - the by-product of saltworks - to develop and integrate three innovative technologies within a circular procedure that will target magnesium, lithium and other trace elements belonging to the alkaline/alkaline Earth metals or transition/post-transition metals group.
By adopting a multidisciplinary method, the project improves knowledge of the processes needed to recover minerals from brines and seawater.

Details

Status:

Research Focus:

  • Climate
  • Environment / Natural Resources / Biodiversity

Project Coordination:

University of Palermo (Università degli Studi di Palermo)

Partners:

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
L’Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Gabès, Egypt
Souez Groupe, France
Souez INternational, France
RESOURSEAS SRL, Italy
SOSALT SPA, Italy
Ekodenge, Turkey
Erinn Innovation Limited, Ireland
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V., Germany
Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT, Finland
University of Helsinki, Finland

Countries:

Germany (Bavaria), Tunisia

Funding Type:

H2020

Duration:

01/06/2020
– 31/08/2024

Budget:

€ 5 834 016,25 EUR

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