Resources

• PROMETIA member brochure
• PROMETIA flyer
• PROMETIA roll-up 1 & 2

• EC Communication on the fourth list of Critical Raw Materials: COM (2020) 474
• EC Communication on the Raw Materials Initiative “Meeting our critical needs for growth and jobs in Europe” – COM(2008)699
• Study on “Substitutionability of Critical Raw Materials” by the Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the European Parliament – EST76391
• Creation of a European research network on ore processing and extractive metallurgy – Download
• European Pilot Plant Network for Extractive Metallurgy and Mineral Processing – Download

• SCRREEN final report – Download here
• MSP-REFRAM final report – Download here
• ERECON final report – Download here

• Newsletter #21 May 2025 – Read online >
• Newsletter #20 December 2024 – Read online >
• Newsletter #19 November 2024 – Read online >
• Newletter #18 July 2024 – Read online >
• Newsletter #17 March 2024 – Read online >
• Newsletter #16 November 2023 – Read online >
• Newsletter #15 November 2023 – Read online >
• Newsletter #14 July 2023 – Read online >
• Newsletter #13 March 2023 – Read online >
• Newsletter #12 December 2022 – Read online >
• Newsletter #11 July 2022 – Read online >
• Newsletter #10 November 2021 – Read online >
• Newsletter #9 July 2021 – Read online >
• Newsletter #8 February 2021 – Read online >
• Newsletter #7 May 2020 – Read online >
• Newsletter #6 July 2019 – Read online >
• Newsletter #5 Jan 2019 – Read online >

26 November 2024 

• Tom Jones, KU Leuven – To mine or not to mine in Europe : that is the question
• Tanja Pavkovic, Rio Tinto – Jadar Project: The journey of the process development
• Christophe Petit, SibanyeStillwater – Future major in energy transition metals

27 November 2024 – Morning 

• Bernard VANDERHEYDEN, CRM Group – Preprocessing techniques at the service of circular economy – pilot scale applications in pyrometallurgy at CRM
• Xianfeng Hu, Swerim – Supporting the Green Transition: Swerim’s Piloting Initiatives
• Jason Yang, Dandara Salvador, GTK – Pilot demonstration of a Li-bearing ore for CRMs and industrial minerals recovery in project EXCEED
• Christa Nimbona & Aslaug Hagestad Nag, Elkem – Future Materials Norwegian Catapult Centre – Shorten the path from idea to market
• Tadeusz Gorewoda, IMN – Recently Completed Activities at Łukasiewicz-IMN in Reference to Pilot or Large-Scale Tests

27 November 2024 – Afternoon

• Gro Eide, Elkem – Second life for a solar silicon plant in Norway
• Aisha Kanzari, Eramet – Data-Driven Analysis of Dilution Factors in Dredge Mining: Addressing Fast Percolation Challenges from an Ore Body Knowledge Perspective at Grande Côte Operations(GCO), Senegal
• Florent Sassi, SECHE Group – Waste management and development of specific processing routes
• Rossana Bellopede, Politecnico di Torino – Recycling of end-of-life photovoltaic panels: optimization of physical treatment and process efficiency
• Tadeusz Gorewoda, IMN – LABnet initiative for the PROMETIA association
• Stéphane Bourg, PROMETIA President – 10th Anniversary Moment

28 November 2024

• Nand Peeters, KU Leuven – Solvent extraction for recovering lithium from salt brines and other resources
• Antoine Leydier, CEA – STDC/LPSD – Designing materials for extraction: uranium as a case study and transposition to precious metals
• Damien Bourgeois, ICSM – Palladium and precious metals recovery from waste: a 10-year journey from spent nuclear fuel reprocessing studies to industrial applications

28 November 2023 

• Ana Carina Verissimo (EIT RawMaterials) – EIT Raw materials strategy for responsible metal production 
• Dina Carrilho (ERA-MIN) – Era-Min : a key actor for R&D on Raw Materials 
• Marina Cabidoche (ETP SMR) – ETP SMR Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda 
• Luís Martins (Cluster Portugal Mineral Resources) – Enhancing EU mining regional ecosystems to support the green transition and secure mineral raw materials supply 
• Anders Sand (Boliden) – Responsible mining : Boliden strategy and actions
• Slavko Šolar (UNECE) – The role of processing activities in UNFC Classification

29 November 2023 – Morning 

• Xianfeng Hu (Swerim) – Pathways to decarbonize the metal production industries
• Elena Mikeli (NTUA) – Unlocking the potential of metallurgical by-products : A comparative Exergy Analysis of emerging valorisation techniques
• Waldemar Mijał (IMN) – Development of the innovative technology of non-ferrous metals enrichment by using the pre-concentration system based on the artificial intelligence algorithms
• Guozhu Ye (Swerim) – Hydrogen and Piloting for green transition for the metallurgical industry – recent Swerim experiences
• Shoshan Abrahami (TU Delft) – Introduction of the Dutch National Growth fund of Circular Batteries
• Jason Yang, Xuan Liu (GTK) – European advanced REE resources and REE extraction and traceability studies
• Joana Almeida (NOVA University Lisbon) – The RELiEF project role on the recovery of lithium from secondary raw materials
• Frederico Martins, Catarina Diamantino (EDM) – The role of EDM in the remediation of old mining areas

29 November 2023 – Afternoon

• David Bastin (Liège University) – Recycling of man-made minerals from the urban mine: challenges and opportunities
• Jose Luis Cortina (UPC) – Recovery of antimony and bismuth from arsenic-containing waste streams from the copper electrorefining circuit: an example of promoting critical metals circularity from secondary resources (Recopps Project) 
• Yannick Menard (BRGM) – Recovery of Rare Earth from Permanent Magnet : BRGM’s contribution to the Valomag project
• Camila Mori de Oliveira (POLITO) – A low-cost and sustainable process for the recovery of Tantalum from electronical components
• Sophie Schuller (CEA) – EcoGlassFab: Eco-Glass-Fabrication from the assembly of secondary precursors

30 November 2023

• Tadeusz Gorewoda (IMN) – Research project in pilot scale in Łukasiewicz – Institute of NonFerrous Metals
• Florent Sassi (Séché Environnement) – MAXIBROME – A unique process for bromide regeneration
• Bernard Vanderheyden (CRM Group) – New CRM’s pilot scale plasma furnace at the service of circular economy and energy transition
• Gro Eide, Christa Nimbona (Elkem) – Recycling of waste materials and novel material processing in Elkem
• Aurélie Amalric (Eramet) – Contribution of pilot tools @ EID toward lower environmental impacting processes – Focus on manganese sinter

1 December 2022 

Everything can be recycled, cost limits – Christer Forsgren, EuRIC

Recycling of passenger and light commercial vehicles – case study The Netherlands – Pieter Kuiper, ARN

Future needs, circular economy and education and training – Yongxiang Yang, TU DELFT

The shredding simulator at Swerim – Mr. Ludvig Ånnhagen and Xianfeng Hu, Swerim

Hazardous gases formed during shredding and possible electrolyte recovery – Dr. Xianfeng Hu, Swerim

Graphite separation: thermal treatment and flotation from lab to pilot scale – Dr. Elsayed Mousa, Swerim & Dr. Jason Yang, GTK

2 December 2022

Recovery of Li and other valuables using pyrometallurgical approaches – Dr. Guozhu Ye, Swerim

Innovative study based on microwave for LIBs recycling – Prof. Elza Bontempi, INSTM

Sustainability analysis of NEXT-LiB – Dr. Antonella Cornelio, INSTM

Please note that some presentations are not available in the list below because they contain confidential information. They have also been taken out from the recordings.

1 December 2021

Application of the FrothSense system and Florida 400 system to an online analysis of froth surface and elemental composition for continuous sulfide copper flotation – Alona Nad, GTK

Tailoring the electrowinning for recovery of trace precious metals – Ivan Korolev, GTK

Invited talk – CIME, a new pilot facility in Europe – Bénédicte Morjon, ORANO

Recording 14:00-14:45

Recording 17:00-18:00

2 December 2021

Developments of bioleaching in BRGM and its application to urban mine wastes – Agathe Hubau, BRGM

Zinc recovery from hard to recycle industry wastes – Lucy Smith, MPI

Development of an innovative technology to separate recycled copper cable granulates into red copper (Cu) and tinned copper (CuSn) by the application of the hybrid methods of mechanical separation – Piotr Madej, IMN

Invited talk – Additional influences to criticality: an overview of what is included and what is not in current assessments – Gian Andrea Blengini, POLITO

Invited talk – The EU Critical Raw Materials – Milan Grohol, DG-GROW

Invited talk – Roadmap of WG2 (raw materials and recycling), Battery
Europe – Sonja Nurmi, Aalto University

Measuring technology critical elements in urban mine waste: the case
of Li-ion batteries – Claire Dalencourt, ERAMET

Design of slag system to enhance the lithium recovery from spent lithium-ion batteries – Ludvig Ånnhagen, SWERIM

Recording 09:00 – 10:30

Recording 11.15-12.45

3 December 2021

Invited talk – the limits of recycling – Patrick d’Hugues & Stéphane
Bourg, BRGM/CEA

LCA of a new lead slag recycling technology – Katarzyna Klejnowska, IMN

Life Cycle Assessment of the production of self-cleaning AlMg3-TiO2 metal matrix composite component. A manufacturing technologies’ comparative – Mario Santiago Herrera, UBU ICCRAM

Recording 09:00-12:30

Download webinar presentations

• ImPaCT: Integrated Modular Plant and Containerised Tools for Selective, Low-impact Mining of Small High-grade Deposits – Jérôme Bodin, BRGM
• Iterams: Integrated mineral technologies for more sustainable raw material supply – Päivi Kinnunen, VTT
• PREMA: Pretreatment of Mn ores in a pilot-scale rotary kiln – Noémie Julia, Eramet
• Recovery of Tungsten, Niobium and Tantalum occurring as by-products in mining and processing waste streams: a general overview of TARANTULA project – Martina Orefice, KU Leuven
• Overview from Era-Min – Dina Carrilho
• Overview from EIT – Laurence Lamm & Patrick Nadoll

Day 1: 22 October 2019

• RECLAMET – RECLAiming valuable METals from process residues through HIsarna ironmaking – Bernard Vanderheyden, CRM
• Alternative coke for up-scaling – Successful development for laboratory-pilot- industrial and implementation – Maria Lundgren, Swerim
• Industrial aluminium pilot at Karmøy – Hydro ASA – Hans Erik Vatne, Chief Technology Officer, Hydro ASA
• Pilot-scale development of the LiCO process to produce lithium carbonate from industrial waste water – Frédéric Goettmann, Extracthive
• IMP@CT, Integrated Mobile modularised Plant and Containerised Tools for selective, low-impact mining of small high-grade deposits (H2020 project) – Jérôme Bodin, BRGM
• RELICARIO – Recycling of End-of-LIfe CArbon fiber Reinforced plastics – Vincent Blet, CEA

Day 2: 23 October 2019

Electrochemical Leaching of Rare-Earth Elements from Spent NdFeB Magnets – Iryna Makarava, LUT

REEFINE, BIOLIX and PICKIT projects at ULG – David Bastin, ULG

The CIME pilot facility at ORANO – Pascal Nardoux, ORANO

1 December 2022 

Everything can be recycled, cost limits – Christer Forsgren, EuRIC

Recycling of passenger and light commercial vehicles – case study The Netherlands – Pieter Kuiper, ARN

Future needs, circular economy and education and training – Yongxiang Yang, TU DELFT

The shredding simulator at Swerim – Mr. Ludvig Ånnhagen and Xianfeng Hu, Swerim

Hazardous gases formed during shredding and possible electrolyte recovery – Dr. Xianfeng Hu, Swerim

Graphite separation: thermal treatment and flotation from lab to pilot scale – Dr. Elsayed Mousa, Swerim & Dr. Jason Yang, GTK

2 December 2022

Recovery of Li and other valuables using pyrometallurgical approaches – Dr. Guozhu Ye, Swerim

Innovative study based on microwave for LIBs recycling – Prof. Elza Bontempi, INSTM

Sustainability analysis of NEXT-LiB – Dr. Antonella Cornelio, INSTM

Please note that some presentations are not available in the list below because they contain confidential information. They have also been taken out from the recordings.

1 December 2021

Application of the FrothSense system and Florida 400 system to an online analysis of froth surface and elemental composition for continuous sulfide copper flotation – Alona Nad, GTK

Tailoring the electrowinning for recovery of trace precious metals – Ivan Korolev, GTK

Invited talk – CIME, a new pilot facility in Europe – Bénédicte Morjon, ORANO

Recording 14:00-14:45

Recording 17:00-18:00

2 December 2021

Developments of bioleaching in BRGM and its application to urban mine wastes – Agathe Hubau, BRGM

Zinc recovery from hard to recycle industry wastes – Lucy Smith, MPI

Development of an innovative technology to separate recycled copper cable granulates into red copper (Cu) and tinned copper (CuSn) by the application of the hybrid methods of mechanical separation – Piotr Madej, IMN

Invited talk – Additional influences to criticality: an overview of what is included and what is not in current assessments – Gian Andrea Blengini, POLITO

Invited talk – The EU Critical Raw Materials – Milan Grohol, DG-GROW

Invited talk – Roadmap of WG2 (raw materials and recycling), Battery
Europe – Sonja Nurmi, Aalto University

Measuring technology critical elements in urban mine waste: the case
of Li-ion batteries – Claire Dalencourt, ERAMET

Design of slag system to enhance the lithium recovery from spent lithium-ion batteries – Ludvig Ånnhagen, SWERIM

Recording 09:00 – 10:30

Recording 11.15-12.45

3 December 2021

Invited talk – the limits of recycling – Patrick d’Hugues & Stéphane
Bourg, BRGM/CEA

LCA of a new lead slag recycling technology – Katarzyna Klejnowska, IMN

Life Cycle Assessment of the production of self-cleaning AlMg3-TiO2 metal matrix composite component. A manufacturing technologies’ comparative – Mario Santiago Herrera, UBU ICCRAM

Recording 09:00-12:30

Download webinar presentations

• ImPaCT: Integrated Modular Plant and Containerised Tools for Selective, Low-impact Mining of Small High-grade Deposits – Jérôme Bodin, BRGM
• Iterams: Integrated mineral technologies for more sustainable raw material supply – Päivi Kinnunen, VTT
• PREMA: Pretreatment of Mn ores in a pilot-scale rotary kiln – Noémie Julia, Eramet
• Recovery of Tungsten, Niobium and Tantalum occurring as by-products in mining and processing waste streams: a general overview of TARANTULA project – Martina Orefice, KU Leuven
• Overview from Era-Min – Dina Carrilho
• Overview from EIT – Laurence Lamm & Patrick Nadoll

Day 1: 22 October 2019

• RECLAMET – RECLAiming valuable METals from process residues through HIsarna ironmaking – Bernard Vanderheyden, CRM
• Alternative coke for up-scaling – Successful development for laboratory-pilot- industrial and implementation – Maria Lundgren, Swerim
• Industrial aluminium pilot at Karmøy – Hydro ASA – Hans Erik Vatne, Chief Technology Officer, Hydro ASA
• Pilot-scale development of the LiCO process to produce lithium carbonate from industrial waste water – Frédéric Goettmann, Extracthive
• IMP@CT, Integrated Mobile modularised Plant and Containerised Tools for selective, low-impact mining of small high-grade deposits (H2020 project) – Jérôme Bodin, BRGM
• RELICARIO – Recycling of End-of-LIfe CArbon fiber Reinforced plastics – Vincent Blet, CEA

Day 2: 23 October 2019

Electrochemical Leaching of Rare-Earth Elements from Spent NdFeB Magnets – Iryna Makarava, LUT

REEFINE, BIOLIX and PICKIT projects at ULG – David Bastin, ULG

The CIME pilot facility at ORANO – Pascal Nardoux, ORANO

Day 1: 13 December 2018

• Introduction – President, Vice-President and Chairman
• Circular Economy and Raw Material in the EU – Maria Nyberg, DG GROW
• METNET – the Pilot Network – Marianne Magnelöv, MEFOS
• Open innovation as key tool for implementing circular economy based solutions -Marta Macias, CTA
• Secondary materials and circular economy – PROSUM, Susanne Rotter
• Rare earth occurrences in phosphate rock processing – Jason Yang, GTK
• A geometallurgical study for the enrichment process improvement of a heavy sand concentrate – Arthur Delaporte, ERAMET
• IRTC – International Round Table on Materials Criticality – Alessandra Hool, ESM
• Natural stone muds as secondary raw materials: towards a new sustainable recovery process – Rossana Bellopede, POLITO
• Extracting value for aluminium production waste – Abdoulaye Maihatchi, EXTRACTHIVE
• Metal recovery from secondary sources through biolixiviation as key step – Frederic Clarens, CTM
• CERES Project (treatment of electronic waste using biotechnology) – Patrick d’Hugues, BRGM
• Recycling of NiMH and Li-ion batteries – Andrzej Chmielarz, IMN
• The REPUTER project for Ni-MH battery recycling – Eugen Andreiadis, CEA
• Leaching of valuable elements from spent Ni-MH batteries in HCl-H2O media – Margot Zielinski, LGC
• Pyrometallurgy in battery recycling – Guozhu Ye, MEFOS
• Extractive metallurgy for innovative recycling – examples of research at Chalmers University of Technology – Christian Ekberg, Chalmers

Day 2: 14 December 2018

• Concept for improving the energy-efficiency of vacuum filtration processes – Antti Hakkinen, LUT
• Palladium recovery from wastes, from fundamental studies to applications – Damien Bourgeois, ICSM
• Phosphorous management and circular economy – Christian Kabbe, Isleutilities
• CIRRUS for long-life learning – Lena Sundqvist Ökvist, MEFOS, CIRRUS
• SSID proposal – Alicia Valero, CIRCE
• CICERONE – Antoine Monnet, LGI
• ERAMIN 2 – new call for projects
• Conclusive remarks – Patrice Christmann

Day 1: 28 November 2017

• Welcome – introduction – Christophe POINSSOT, Stéphane BOURG, PROMETIA
• The need for process flexibility and adaptability in view of growing technological volatility, Patrice Christmann
• The Swirl reactor, Dag Øistein Eriksen
• Designing a mobile prototype toward minimizing risks in mining industry Monique le Guen, ERAMET
• Development of flexible processes to promote small scale mining, an update from the H2020 Imp@ct project Vanessa Amaral, Extracthive
• Metals recovery from zinc streams Justin Salminen, BOLIDEN
• Zinc smelter leach products valorisation Xavier Constant, NYRSTAR
• Flexibility in raw materials processing Maurits Van Camp, UMICORE
• Towards Decoupling Europe from Platinum Group Metals Supply Risk for the Automotive Sector Iakovos Yakoumis, Monolithos Ltd.
• Flexible and efficient Hydrometallurgical recycling of Li-Ion batteries of different chemistry Gabriele Lombardo, Chalmers
• METGROW+ approach to flexible raw material production Päivi Kinnunen, VTT
• The HydroWEEE strategy: a case study of efficient flexibility for the recovery of critical metals Francesca Beolchini, ECORECYCLING
• Recycling of REE and strategic metals  from WEEE Nour-Eddine Menad, BRGM
• Recovery of rare earths from phosphate ore processing residue Jason Yang, GTK
• Light house programs EIT-RawMaterials including raw material flexibility Laurence Lamm, EIT-RM

Day 2: 28 November 2017

• Development of nanocomposite materials for the recovery of Cesium and Uranium Frédéric Clarens, CTM
• ITERAMS: more efficient water recycling at the mining sites and the valorization of the solid waste residues Kari Heiskanen, OUTOTEC
• Classification of bauxite residue Antti Häkkinen, LUT
• Process operation and monitoring aided by qualified process model Amandine Duterme, CEA
• Raw material flexibility in the Elkem production processes Gro Eide, ELKEM
• Towards a future research activity in Castilla y Leon in raw materials, and advanced technologies for materials science. Santiago Cuesta, ICAMCyL
• Metal Mining Strategy in Castilla y León Pedro Acebes, CARTIF
• METNET Marianne Magnelöv, MEFOS

Day 1: 14 December 2016

• Welcome – introduction – MSP-REFRAM, SCRREEN Christophe POINSSOT, Stéphane BOURG, PROMETIA
• Advances in minerals exploration research Joe CUCUZZA, AMIRA
• INTRAW, MICA, Minatura2020 Eberhard FALK, MINPOL
• SteP: Solving the E-Waste Problem Initiative Otmar DEUBZER, UNU
• TravelEx – a travelling exhibition about the importance of raw material to a Wider Society Learning and public awareness Jose KULLBERG, CENSE
• PROSUM – Prospecting Secondary raw materials in the Urban mine and Mining wastes Perrine CHANCEREL, TU Berlin
• SMART GROUND – data collection and integration platform for secondary raw materials Marco de la FELD, ENCO Consulting
• NEW_InnoNet, Bottleneck analysis of end-of-life waste recycling John BACHER, VTT
• CEReS: Co-processing of Coal Mine and Electronic Wastes: Novel
• REE4EU and METGROW+, strategies for optimized process development in the raw material areas Marta MACIAS, IDENER
• GO-4-0, From iron and manganese oxides wastes to valuable metal alloys using novel carbon sources materials Jean-Michel MILAZZO, ERAMET
• Flexinject and others, Recycling – to consume in-plant fines with benefits for the process Lena SUNDQVIST, MEFOS
• Recovery of metals from low grade primary and secondary resources – IMN experience Andrzej CHMIELARZ, IMN
• EXTRAVAN – Innovative EXTRAction and management of VANadium from high vanadium iron concentrate and steel slags Guozhu YE, MEFOS
• PANEL: R&D perspective related to PROMETIA activities after 2017 –Presentation P. Christmann; Presentation H. Grünewald

Day 2: 15 December 2016

• Waste to value (Norwegian project) Gro EIDE, ELKEM
• SCALE, Rare earth elements and scandium production from bauxite residues Thymis BALOMENOS, NTUA
• Studies on mineralogy and beneficiation of European REE ores Jason YANG, GTK
• Lessons learned from experience about the merits and pitfalls of thermodynamic modelling for leaching process design (ANR CARMEX) Florent BOURGEOIS, LGC
• Main outputs of the RARE3 project Joris ROOSEN, LEUVEN
• ENVIREE, Christian EKBERG
• AMDREY, Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Acid Mine Drainage Daniel MEYER, ICSM
• Education and training initiatives: Thomas ZEMB, ICSM & H-J. Bart, ICSM

• PROMETIA Presentation – Christophe Poinssot (CEA), Stéphane Bourg (CEA), Vincent Chauvet (LGI), Chloé Chavardès (LGI)
• Strategic metals and related issues – Patrice Christmann (BRGM)
• A sustainable approach to material (mineral) recycling: Genetic, thermodynamic, environmental and economic issues – Jordi Bruno (Amphos 21)
• Criteria, limits and advantages of Rare Earths recycling – Alain Rollat (Solvay)
• Polymetallic ores hydrometallurgical processing & EIP-RM PolymetOre – Carlos Frias (Cobre Las Cruces)
• Challenges for future mineral processing – Henning Knapp (Aachen University)
• Pyrometallurgy: recent progress and issues to address – Lena Sundqvist (MEFOS)
• Mineral bio-processing: an option for recovering strategic metals – Barrie Johnson (Bangor University)
• Solvent extraction: a high performance technology – Marie-Christine Charbonnel CEA)
• The Pilot Platforms: a link between research and industry
  • MEFOS – Lena Sundqvist
  • GTK – Jason Yang
  • IEH – Frédéric Goettmann
  • IMN – Andrzej Chmieliarz
• Valorisation of mining and metallurgical wastes: the example of bauxite residues – Ioannis Paspaliaris (NTUA)
• Separation by controlled transfer of ionic species between complex fluids… en route to ienaics for better metal recycling from urban mines – Thomas Zemb (ICSM)