XTRACT at the 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐛 Annual Workshop 2025
XTRACT is proud to be among the EU-funded projects participating in the Cluster Hub Annual Meeting 2025! Date: 20 November 2025Location: Brussels & online (hybrid event) This exciting event brings together over 20 EU-funded projects and 120 organisations driving sustainable solutions in Europe’s raw materials and battery value chain. It’s a full day of insights,…
XTRACT 1st Periodic Review Meeting
The XTRACT consortium held its 1st Periodic Review Meeting on 10–11 September 2025 in Athens and Lavrion, Greece. Hosted by NTUA/AMDC, TUBAF and Acceligence, the meeting brought together all partners, the Project Officer, and the external expert appointed by HADEA to assess the project’s progress and achievements. The first day of the meeting took place…
XTRACT Project Webinar #1 Wrap-Up
Exploring Phytoremediation and Phytomining with Trees and Plants Under Circular Economy 📌 On 7 July 2025, the Horizon Europe XTRACT project successfully hosted a webinar titled “Novel Phytoremediation Solution and Concurrent Metal Phytomining Using Trees and Plants as Part of the Circular Economy.” The session, co-organised by the Technical University of Crete (TUC) and the…
XTRACT Campaign on the Zero Emission Mine of the Future
We are excited to launch the first awareness video of the XTRACT project, introducing our vision for the Zero Emission Mine of the Future. 📌 Project summaryXTRACT introduces the concept of the Zero Emission Mine of the Future by developing innovative technologies for sustainable and low-emission mining. The project addresses the most emission-intensive parts of…
New Synergy Announcement: XTRACT and REPTiS Project
A new synergy has been established between XTRACT and REPTiS! Launched in September 2024, REPTiS (Responsible Extraction and Processing of Titanium and other Primary Raw Materials for Sourcing EU Industrial Value Chains and Strategic Sectors) is a Horizon Europe project that aims to establish a sustainable and resilient EU supply chain for titanium alloy powders,…
New Synergy Announcement: XTRACT and Mine.io Project
A new synergy has been established between XTRACT and Mine.io! Mine.io, a Holistic Digital Mine 4.0 Ecosystem, is a €14M, 42-month project bringing together 25 partners focused on industrialization, informatization, and sustainable development of the mining sector. It aims to provide solutions that will build a novel mining digital ecosystem and a systemic structure for…
Addressing the Challenge of Sustainable Mining
The Problem While there is a clear path to creating zero-carbon mining, the pace of change still needs to be improved. The latest UN report on climate change shows that the overall curve of global emissions is bending downward, but not enough to reach the 1.5°C target before the end of the century. According to…