A Sustainable Ecosystem for the Innovative Resource Recovery and Complex Ore Extraction
- The XTRACT Project -
XTRACT seeks to introduce the novel concept of the Zero Emission Mine of the Future, developing and validating innovative microinvasive technologies for sustainable and decarbonised extraction. XTRACT will add a highly innovative new alternative to the toolbox of how stockpiles and tailings are assessed, relieving the pressure on resources and contributing to the realization of EU Climate Neutrality Goals, with a significant benefit of emission reduction. XTRACT will introduce low-TRL green technologies of phytoextraction and phytoremediation, particularly appropriate for mining waste piles and abandoned sites that represent a solution for mine waste remediation but also for the for the extraction and recovery of various precious metals.
XTRACT seeks to introduce the novel concept of the Zero Emission Mine of the Future, developing and validating innovative microinvasive technologies for sustainable and decarbonised extraction. XTRACT will add a highly innovative new alternative to the toolbox of how stockpiles and tailings are assessed, relieving the pressure on resources and contributing to the realization of EU Climate Neutrality Goals, with a significant benefit of emission reduction. XTRACT will introduce low-TRL green technologies of phytoextraction and phytoremediation, particularly appropriate for mining waste piles and abandoned sites that represent a solution for mine waste remediation but also for the for the extraction and recovery of various precious metals.
XTRACT seeks to introduce the novel concept of the Zero Emission Mine of the Future, developing and validating innovative microinvasive technologies for sustainable and decarbonised extraction. XTRACT will add a highly innovative new alternative to the toolbox of how stockpiles and tailings are assessed, relieving the pressure on resources and contributing to the realization of EU Climate Neutrality Goals, with a significant benefit of emission reduction. XTRACT will introduce low-TRL green technologies of phytoextraction and phytoremediation, particularly appropriate for mining waste piles and abandoned sites that represent a solution for mine waste remediation but also for the for the extraction and recovery of various precious metals.
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- Optimization of metal separation
- Reduction of tailings
- Pollution reduction and control
- Overall mining process optimization
- Fragmentation optimization by less hole deviation
- Blast optimisation by accurate rock mass characterisation
- Improved ore recovery due to straighter bore holes
- Reduced side rock dilution due to straighter bore holes
- Develop innovative technologies for extraction of raw materials in the European Union
- Increase the domestic EU sourcing of raw materials
- Improve responsible supply of raw materials to Europe in line with the EU principles for sustainable raw materials
- Application of advanced prospecting technologies and active-passive sensors and their possible hybridization
to optimize the recovery and possible use of materials located in waste streams from mining scenarios and
whose use has not been feasible with the usual recovery techniques - Application of advanced data acquisition and processing technologies to waste and mining and industrial
products stockpiles in order to know their structure, not only in terms of type of material but also their
composition and even their size and shape
- XTRACT Novel Phytoremediation Solution and concurrent Metal Phytomining using Trees as part of Circular Economy
- Hyperaccumulator-Based Phytoextraction and Phytoremediation
- Electrodialysis and Processability Index
- Optimization of metal separation
- Reduction of tailings
- Pollution reduction and control
- Optimization of metal separation
- Reduction of tailings
- Pollution reduction and control
- Overall mining process optimization
- Fragmentation optimization by less hole deviation
- Blast optimisation by accurate rock mass characterisation
- Improved ore recovery due to straighter bore holes
- Reduced side rock dilution due to straighter bore holes
- Develop innovative technologies for extraction of raw materials in the European Union
- Increase the domestic EU sourcing of raw materials
- Improve responsible supply of raw materials to Europe in line with the EU principles for sustainable raw materials
- Application of advanced prospecting technologies and active-passive sensors and their possible hybridization
to optimize the recovery and possible use of materials located in waste streams from mining scenarios and
whose use has not been feasible with the usual recovery techniques - Application of advanced data acquisition and processing technologies to waste and mining and industrial
products stockpiles in order to know their structure, not only in terms of type of material but also their
composition and even their size and shape
- Overall mining process optimization
- Fragmentation optimization by less hole deviation
- Blast optimisation by accurate rock mass characterisation
- Improved ore recovery due to straighter bore holes
- Reduced side rock dilution due to straighter bore holes
- Overall mining process optimization
- Fragmentation optimization by less hole deviation
- Blast optimisation by accurate rock mass characterisation
- Improved ore recovery due to straighter bore holes
- Reduced side rock dilution due to straighter bore holes
- Develop innovative technologies for extraction of raw materials in the European Union
- Increase the domestic EU sourcing of raw materials
- Improve responsible supply of raw materials to Europe in line with the EU principles for sustainable raw materials
- Application of advanced prospecting technologies and active-passive sensors and their possible hybridization
to optimize the recovery and possible use of materials located in waste streams from mining scenarios and
whose use has not been feasible with the usual recovery techniques - Application of advanced data acquisition and processing technologies to waste and mining and industrial
products stockpiles in order to know their structure, not only in terms of type of material but also their
composition and even their size and shape
- XTRACT Novel Phytoremediation Solution and concurrent Metal Phytomining using Trees as part of Circular Economy
- Hyperaccumulator-Based Phytoextraction and Phytoremediation
- Electrodialysis and Processability Index
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement no. 101138432