XTRACT 5th General Assembly Meeting
Date : 05/06/2025 A Day of Strategic Exchange The XTRACT consortium held its 5th General Assembly on 5 June 2025, hosted virtually by TU Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF). This full-day meeting brought together all project partners and Advisory Board members to share updates, align on progress, and plan the next steps in the project’s development. Key…
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 BLOOM Project
A new synergy has been established between XTRACT and BLOOM Project! BLOOM is a Horizon Europe 🇪🇺 initiative with a €7.5M budget uniting 15 partners across 4 European countries, as well as Canada and Brazil. The project is focused on facilitating the exploitation of primary critical raw materials (CRMs, minerals and metals only) for the…
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…
Registration Open for the XTRACT Stakeholder Community
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…
Highlights from the 4th XTRACT General Assembly Meeting
Date : 27/11/2024 – 28/11/2024 The 4th GA of the XTRACT Project took place from November 27–28, 2024, in the historic mining area of São Domingos, Portugal, hosted by LNEG (Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia). This pivotal gathering brought together project partners from across Europe to discuss progress, present results, and refine strategies for…
XTRACT Project Joins the Materials for Batteries Cluster Hub
Date : 30/08/2024 We are proud to announce that the XTRACT project has been included in the prestigious Materials for Batteries Cluster Hub. This initiative is designed to foster collaboration among EU-funded projects and to explore the specific innovative technologies being developed in the battery materials sector. The Cluster Hub “Production of raw materials for…
XTRACT Partners’ Insightful Journey to Pilot Site 1
Date : 30/05/2024 On May 30th, a collaborative team from XTRACT partners – TUBAF, Saxore, BRGM, and GEOS – conducted a site visit to the Tellerhäuser deposit in Pöhla, Germany. This significant event marks a pivotal moment in the project’s initiative to establish an innovative in-situ bioleaching plant. The visit aimed to assess the suitability…