Project description
New technologies in Li processing and recovery
Europe imports more than half of the necessary battery materials, such as lithium (Li), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co) and magnesium (Mg). Domestic production is important. In this context, the EU-funded LiCORNE project will establish the first-ever Li supply chain in Europe. It aims to increase European Li processing and refining capacity for producing battery-grade chemicals from ores, brines, tailings and off specification battery cathode materials. This supply chain encompasses five large primary resource owners having resources of lithium carbonate equivalent, in which 2.7 million tonnes of LCE are located in Europe. The value chain includes a cathode manufacturer able to reuse valuable Li, Co and Ni that will be recycled from waste cathode material. LiCORNE will investigate different groundbreaking technologies in Li processing and recovery.
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HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-BasedCoordinator
48160 Derio (Bizkaia)
Spain
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Participants (12)
1010 Wien
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76131 Karlsruhe
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67000 Strasbourg
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2400 Mol
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7034 Trondheim
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80686 Munchen
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157 80 Athina
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2628 CN Delft
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76131 Karlsruhe
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141 22 Irakleio Attikis
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
1930 Zaventem
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
1000 Bruxelles
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