📬 The 2nd issue of the XTRACT Project Newsletter is out! This edition offers a comprehensive overview of the project’s latest progress, activities, and synergies.
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Date : 20/03/2024 On 20th of March a team of XTRACT partners visited the TUBAF Teaching and Research mine Reiche Zeche in Germany, which hosts an in situ-bioleaching plant coupled to a membrane filtration unit. Organised by TU Bergakademie Freiberg, this trip aimed to acquaint Saxore Bergbau GmbH partners with the proposed setup for their…
XTRACT has established a synergy with AVANTIS, a Horizon Europe initiative addressing Europe’s low-grade vanadium-bearing titanomagnetite deposits across Finland, Sweden, Greenland, Norway, Poland and Ukraine. These deposits are currently uneconomic due to their complex mineralogy. Without selective blasting, selective fragmentation, and pre-concentration technologies to separate the Ti-rich ilmenite grains from the V-bearing magnetite, their exploitation…
The XTRACT project is excited to announce that registration for the XTRACT Community is now open! Joining the XTRACT Stakeholder Community offers a unique opportunity to: The XTRACT Community supports collaboration and dialogue to shape the Zero Emission Mine of the Future, focusing on innovative microinvasive technologies for sustainable and decarbonised metal extraction. 📋 Register…
The XTRACT Project has officially joined Bluesky, expanding its communication presence across social media. Through this new platform, XTRACT will share updates and insights related to its work on creating a Sustainable Ecosystem for Innovative Resource Recovery and Complex Ore Extraction. The new Bluesky account supports the project’s goal of fostering visibility and engagement within…
As part of the XTRACT Project demonstration campaign, partner UNP, with the support of LNEG, recently conducted field tests of the XTRACTor at the São Domingos Mine in Portugal. The tests focused on the XTRACTor, a gripper developed by UNP for collecting soil samples from locations that are difficult for humans to access. The demonstrations…
Date : 25/01/2024 The XTRACT project’s Kick-Off meeting happened in Athens, Greece, on January 25th, 2024, with the participation of more than 30 experts coming from around Europe. During the meeting all partners had the opportunity to get to know each other and make their own presentation, highlighting several key issues and activities related to the…
