During 4 days, young students and researchers from 9 different institutions gathered in Sweden to visit mines, smelters, R&D centers and industrial plants. Here is the report of Carlos Quintero (SOLVOMET/SIM² KU Leuven).
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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.
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News
Interviews
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Meet our CROCODILE colleague: Nader Akil – PNO Consultants Innovation
Nader has a PhD in optoelectronics, more than 50 scientific publications, 13 ...
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Meet our CROCODILE colleague: Evelina Castellana (LOMARTOV)
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Meet our CROCODILE colleague: Ludovica Baldassari (Eco Recycling)
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Meet our colleague: Piet Wostyn (SOLVOMET – SIM² KU Leuven)
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Meet our CROCODILE colleague: Didier Michel (COMET)
Events
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The use of Deep Eutectic Solvents and Ionic Liquids for metal recovery
Join the online clustering workshop on ‘’The use of Deep Eutectic Solvents and Ionic Liquids for metal recovery’’, organized by 4 H2020 projects in the circular economy (ION4RAW, CROCODILE, TARANTULA, PEACOC)
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International Conference on Raw Materials and Circular Economy #RawMat2021
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M30 consortium virtual meeting
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M24 Online meeting
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European Metallurgical Conference EMC 2021