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The pulse of metal: Next-generation electrified hydrometallurgy enabling maximum recovery of critical and precious metals

Objetivo

Because of inefficient recovery systems, vast amounts of critical and precious metals like platinum, iridium, gold, copper and rare earth elements are left behind during refining. For example, even the most advanced technologies for platinum and palladium achieve only 95% efficiency, while for the more valuable rhodium and iridium recovery rates are lower, often in the range of just 85%. As the global refining industry processes over €500 billion worth of critical metals annually, each 1% loss represents €5 billion in wasted value and resources. Many of these metals are not only expensive but also classified as strategically important under the EU Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA).
Elmery has developed a breakthrough technology for selective metal recovery at very high >99% efficiency, allowing to capture the remaining 5-15% that current technologies struggle with. Elmery’s technology has successfully recovered 22 metals recognized as critical or strategic under the EU’s 2023 CRM list, and 16 other elements of customer interest or critical outside EU. Our innovation lies in a patent-protected pulsating electrolysis technology. We tailor electric pulse parameters for every solution, learning from each customer case to refine our “recipes”, further optimizing them with ML/AI to attract all the desired metals out of liquid solutions.
Tens of companies have expressed interest in our technology. With the proposed EIC Accelerator project, we address the urgent need to accelerate the transition from customer-specific test projects into the live service stage and demonstrate the technology at a full refinery scale for the first time for three recovery processes. Successful implementation of the project would put Elmery on a strong growth path, resulting in the recovery of materials worth €800 million by the end of 2032 and reducing Europe’s dependency on non-EU sources of critical raw materials and technologies.

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HORIZON-EIC-ACC - HORIZON EIC Accelerator

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(se abrirá en una nueva ventana) HORIZON-EIC-2026-ACCELERATOR-02

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Coordinador

Elmery Oy
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 2 463 969,38
Dirección
Vattuniemenkatu 4 A 13
00210 Helsinki
Finlandia
Pyme
Sí
Región
Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa
Tipo de actividad
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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