Objective The Northern Greece mainland hosts numerous quartz vein deposits of extra quality with low impurities content. These very clean quartz sources can be used as raw materials in plasma smelting technology for the production of silicon metal and ferrosilicon with low impurities content. Plasma technology opens the possibility of lowering both operating and cjapital costs by using fine grade ores and producing ultra pure silicon.The working plan consist of the following five main tasks :a. Exploration and evaluation of the most promising quartz vein deposits in Northern Greece.b. Selection of the mineral processing method in order to obtain high quality grades of quartz.c. Production of silicon metal and ferrosilicon with low impurities content by plasma smelting.d. Production of ultra pure silicon for high technological applications.e. Technical and economical evaluation of the results. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringmining and mineral processingnatural sciencesphysical sciencesplasma physicsnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloids Programme(s) FP3-BRITE/EURAM 2 - Specific programme (EEC) of research and technological development in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 1.1.1 - Exploration technology Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator MIRTEC SA Address A industrial area of volos 38500 Volos Greece See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BEAUVENT GUY CONSULTANCY France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 14 rue mouquette 62720 Rety-rinxent See on map FUNDICIONES DEL ESTANDA SA Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Barrio anzizar 17 20200 Beasain See on map HELLENIC INDUSTRIAL MINERALS SA Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Mitropoleos str. 77 54622 Thessaloniki See on map INST OF GEOLOGY & MINERAL EXPLORATION Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Messoghion av. 70 11527 Athens See on map Tetronics Research and Development Company Ltd United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address 5b lechlade road SN7 9AJ Faringdon See on map UKAB Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address Agatan 32 43135 Moelndal See on map ULB Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address Evenue f.-d. roosevelt 50 cp 165 1050 Bruxelles See on map