First of a kind commercial Compact system for the efficient Recovery Of CObalt Designed with novel Integrated LEading technologies

New process to recover indium from iron-rich solutions

SIM² KU Leuven researchers developed a new, selective method to recover indium from iron-rich soluti...
Circular Economy and Raw material experts meet in Vienna (November 26-29, 2018)

The EU project CROCODILE has organised a session on Cobalt recovery during Going Green – CARE INNOVA...
Networking on CRMs: NEMO, CROCODILE and DEMETER present!

On 12-11-2018, NEMO, CROCODILE and DEMETER were presented at the 2nd annual Critical Raw Materials (...
Cobalt – a potential bottleneck in the transition to electric mobility

The coming electric vehicle boom will significantly increase the demand for cobalt in the EU and glo...
New publication on Cobalt: “Cobalt: demand-supply balances in the transition to electric mobility”

Abstract: The expansion of the electric vehicle market globally and in the EU will increase exponent...

Due to the rapid electrification of mobility, the demand for cobalt is going to grow astronomically. Currently, 65% of global cobalt production occurs in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has led the EC to define cobalt as a highly critical metal. Setting up an EU value chain for the primary production and recovery of cobalt is thus of strategic importance. The EU H2020 CROCODILE project, therefore, showcases an innovative metallurgical system, based on advanced pyro-, hydro-, bio-, iono- and electrometallurgy technologies, for the recovery of cobalt and the production of cobalt metal and upstream products. A wide variety of secondary and primary European resources will serve as feedstocks. CROCODILE will pro-actively engage with local and international civil society groups, in order to obtain and maintain the Social License to Operate for cobalt recovery and production.