During M19-M24, a global pandemy due to COVID-19 affected social and economic activities worldwide. In CROCODILE project, the M24 face to face meeting to be celebrated in Valencia (June 25-26th) was cancelled. A strong effort was dedicated to organize both this Telco M24 meeting involving the WP leaders.

On December 18, 2019, 18 months after the CROCODILE project has begun its work, the CROCODILE project team had a meeting with the external reviewers and the project officer of the European Commission for the midterm review meeting. The various CROCODILE partners presented their work conducted so far and outlined the next steps and plans for future activities. The agenda ...

Didier MICHEL works as engineer in the ‘Research and Development Department’ of Comet Traitements. Learn more about him below… What are you working on? Comet Traitements was founded in the year 2000 with the goal to significantly reduce the disposal rate of its mother company (COMET SAMBRE). This goal has been achieved through the implementation of mineral processing technologies. COMET TRAITEMENTS ...

Zhangqi Wang works as engineer in research and development department of Accurec. Learn more about him who is interested in Li-ion battery recycling.

Anastasia Moschovi is the HEAD of Research and Innovation Department of MONOLITHOS LTd company. She is a specialist in recovering precious metals and rear earths from spent automotive catalysts. In the CROCODILE project, she loves the chance to meet new people with varying scientific background aiming in the same target, to establish a new method for recovering Co from secondary sources. ...

The third CROCODILE Consortium meeting took place on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd of May, 2019 in Dusseldorf, Germany, 12 months after the start of the CROCODILE project – first of a kind commercial compact system for the efficient recovery of cobalt designed with novel integrated leading technologies. The meeting has been excellently organised by ACCUREC in the beautiful Goethe Museum building. ...

fortum: Over 80% of lithium-ion battery materials can now be recycled

CROCODILE project in Swedish Energy Agency "Research  overview about recycling and reuse of lithium-ion batteries"

The Crocodile project will be showcased in a webinar on metal recovery, organised by the BreakIt-project.

CROCODILE animation video on Cobalt recovery. Each electrical car battery requires between 10 to 20 kg of cobalt. Cobalt is used in many applications that support the shift to a low-carbon economy. Therefore, the demand for cobalt is rapidly increasing; and so is its price! The price of cobalt has risen nearly 250% in 2017 and is expected to significantly increase in the coming years, driven by stricter emissions controls that push the global demand for electric vehicles.