Project description DEENESFRITPL Training to reprocess mining residues The EU mining industry’s extractive-waste residues represent 29 % of total waste output. Sulfidic copper-zinc, zinc-lead, and copper-zinc-lead tailings are susceptible to acid mine drainage. However, while these tailings also contain valuable metals, there is a lack of specialists in this sector. The EU funded SULTAN project will train 15 early-stage researchers to reprocess tailings and maximise the impact of their research through dissemination and exploitation. The project will develop pioneering methodologies to assess the resource potential of significant tailings families and explore eco-friendly mining chemicals for advanced metal extraction/recovery set-ups. SULTAN will also valorise the clean tailing residues in circular-economy applications and develop an innovative environmental assessment methodology. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective For more than 100 years the EU mining industries have been discarding their extractive-waste residues. Estimates suggest this represents 29% of the EU-28’s current waste output. When poorly managed these residues are a significant environmental hazard. Sulfidic Cu-Zn, Zn-Pb and Cu-Zn-Pb tailings pose the largest challenge, as they are prone to acid mine drainage. However, these tailings also contain valuable metals. Recently, the EIP Raw Materials launched a “call to arms” to transform the “extractive-waste problem” into a “resource-recovery opportunity”. Additionally, the EIP has warned about the acute shortage of talent in this sector. In order to develop a highly skilled work force, to mitigate environmental risks and to economically recover valuable raw materials, the ETN for the remediation and reprocessing of sulfidic mining waste sites (SULTAN) provides the first-ever training programme dedicated to the reprocessing of tailings. SULTAN has pooled the interdisciplinary and intersectoral expertise of leading EIT RawMaterials members, world-leading mining and chemical companies, covering all links in the tailings-reprocessing value chain. SULTAN develops cutting-edge methodologies to assess the resource potential of Europe’s main tailings families (WP1) and explores eco-friendly mining chemicals for advanced metal-extraction/recovery set-ups (WP2). SULTAN not only recovers the metals but also valorises the clean(ed) tailing residues in circular-economy applications, incl. inorganic polymers, green cements and ceramics (WP3). In WP4 a novel environmental assessment methodology is developed. The 15 SULTAN ESRs benefit from a unique soft-skills training programme (WP5) and maximise the impact of their research through dissemination & exploitation (WP6). This kick-starts their careers as highly employable professionals in the EU’s tailings reprocessing/remediation sector, as well as for geological surveys, teaching and scientific organisations, and public bodies. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringmining and mineral processingnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesengineering and technologymaterials engineeringceramics Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.1. - Fostering new skills by means of excellent initial training of researchers Topic(s) MSCA-ITN-2018 - Innovative Training Networks Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MSCA-ITN-ETN - European Training Networks Coordinator KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Net EU contribution € 1 025 280,00 Address Oude markt 13 3000 Leuven Belgium See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Arr. Leuven Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT CLAUSTHAL Germany Net EU contribution € 505 576,80 Address Adolph romer strasse 2a 38678 Clausthal zellerfeld See on map Region Niedersachsen Braunschweig Goslar Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 OULUN YLIOPISTO Finland Net EU contribution € 561 611,52 Address Pentti kaiteran katu 1 90014 Oulu See on map Region Manner-Suomi Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 FCIENCIAS.ID - ASSOCIACAO PARA A INVESTIGACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO DE CIENCIAS Portugal Net EU contribution € 237 720,24 Address Campo grande, edificio c1, piso 3 1749 016 Lisbon See on map Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH Switzerland Net EU contribution € 562 553,28 Address Raemistrasse 101 8092 Zuerich See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Zürich Zürich Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM DRESDEN-ROSSENDORF EV Germany Net EU contribution € 505 576,80 Address Bautzner landstrasse 400 01328 Dresden See on map Region Sachsen Dresden Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 WIENERBERGER NV Belgium Net EU contribution € 256 320,00 Address Kapel ter bede 121 8500 Kortrijk See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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GEOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS Finland Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Vuorimiehentie 5 02151 Espoo See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Partner Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement. SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL BV Netherlands Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Lange kleiweg 40 2288 GK Rijswijk See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Partner Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement. FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION Spain Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Parque cientifico y tecnologico de gipuzkoa, paseo mikeletegi 2 20009 Donostia-san sebastian (gipuzkoa) See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Gipuzkoa Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Partner Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement. SOMINCOR - SOCIEDADE MINEIRA DE NEVES-CORVO SA Portugal Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Minas de neves corvo 7780 409 Castro verde See on map Region Continente Alentejo Baixo Alentejo Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Partner Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement. SAXONIA Standortentwicklungs- und -verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH Germany Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Halsbrücker straße 34 09599 Freiberg See on map Region Sachsen Chemnitz Mittelsachsen Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Partner Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement. METSO OUTOTEC FINLAND OY Finland Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Lokomonkatu 3 33101 Tampere See on map Region Manner-Suomi Länsi-Suomi Pirkanmaa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Partner Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement. TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG Germany Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Akademiestrasse 6 09599 Freiberg See on map Region Sachsen Chemnitz Mittelsachsen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00