Objective
The answer to the current Raw Material supply challenge faced today in Europe, lies in technological innovations that increase the efficiency of resource utilization and allow the exploitation of yet untapped resources such as industrial waste streams and metallurgical by-products. One of the key industrial residues which is currently not or poorly valorised is Bauxite Residue (BR, more commonly known as “red mud”) from alumina refineries. Bauxite residue reuse solutions do exist as stand-alone but pooling them together in an integrated manner is the only way to render bauxite residue reuse viable from an economical point of view and acceptable for the industry
The RemovAl project will combine, optimize and scale-up developed processing technologies for extracting base and critical metals from such industrial residues and valorising the remaining processing residues in the construction sector.
In term of technological aspects, RemovAl will process several by-products from the aluminium sector and from other metallurgical sectors in Europe (SiO2 by-products, SPL, fly ash,and others). The different waste streams will be combined to allow for optimal and viable processing in different technological pilot nodes. The technologies and pilots in most cases have already been developed in previous or ongoing projects and through RemovAl they will be pooled together and utilized in a European industrial symbiosis network.
In term of societal or non-technological aspects, RemovAl will gather key sectors like the non-ferrous metal and cement sectors in order to secure a true industrial symbiosis through a top-down approach considering also legislation and standardisation at European level in order to facilitate the implementation of the most promising technical solutions.
Fields of science
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-SC5-2017-TwoStage
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Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
15125 Marousi
Greece
Participants (27)
Participation ended
38340 Voreppe
V94V8F7 Askeaton
820228 Tulcea
1150 Brussels
SW1Y 6BN London
15780 Athina
3000 Leuven
7491 Trondheim
52062 Aachen
- Limerick
7034 Trondheim
0277 Oslo
12100 Castellon De La Plana
52068 Aachen
Participation ended
4621 Kristiansand
10829 Berlin
3000 Leuven
15234 Athina
69120 Heidelberg
28108 Alcobendas
2640 Hedehusene
141 22 Irakleio Attikis
111 47 Galatsi
1505 Lefkosia
Participation ended
3364 Leudelange
3208 Bo I Telemark
38340 Voreppe