The FReSMe consortium has achieved a major breakthrough by producing one ton of low emission methanol per day from real blast furnace gas. This is the first demonstration that the valorisation of residual steel gases is feasible at large scale using actual blast furnace gas. This opens...
The Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) is investing significantly to renew the GTK Mintec pilot plant located in the Outokumpu town, North Karelia. The GTK Mintec pilot plant is one of the most comprehensively equipped mineral processing pilot plants in the world. To strengthen the...
Securing reliable and unhindered access to raw materials is important for the EU. In the EU, there are at least 30 million jobs depending on the availability of raw materials. The European Commission’s actions to ensure a sustainable supply of these materials can be divided...
The Materials Processing Institute www.mpiuk.com has been awarded £22m by UK chancellor Rishi Sunak to deliver a five-year research and innovation programme to help facilitate transforming the steel and metals sector towards a more efficient, low carbon future. This will support a range of projects in collaboration...
Carbon fibres reinforced plastics (so called CFRPs) are advanced materials constituted of a carbon fibre-based reinforcement and an organic polymer binder. They are the solution of choice for every application where a combination of lightweight construction and high mechanical resistance is required. They are thus...
In the context of resource scarcity and stringent environmental regulations, CRM Group has continually invested in new technologies and skills dealing with agglomeration of fine (secondary) raw materials and metallic turnings/swarfs, ending up in a unique and versatile pre-processing platform. Thanks to this wide range of cold...
Figure 1 – Aerial view of the containerized mineral processing pilot plant deployed at the Olovo mine (Bosnia Herzegovina) (Source: Mineco) In the framework of the Horizon 2020 IMPaCT project, a team of engineers from BRGM and Imperial College went to the Olovo mine (Bosnia and...
Łukasiewicz-IMN's installation is a pilot rotary kiln consisting of a kiln itself (6 m long and 0.8 m internal diameter) together with a cooler and bag filters. The installation is used for piloting the Waelz process in semi-industrial conditions. Recently the installation was successfully applied in...
The scope of the project run by Elkem Technology’s Pilot department was to build equipment for casting and solidification of silicon and ferrosilicon alloys on a laboratory scale. A 250kW induction furnace is used to produce the alloy, and the melt is casted via a graphite runner...
Production of metals is capital-intensive and unsuccessful investments in production facilities can lead to serious consequences for the company or investor. Consequently, access to pilot plants is necessary to bring ideas or concepts into industrial use, i.e., “Crossing the valley of death”. To meet these needs,...
