Technologies
XTRACT Technologies
The XTRACT technological pathways to a lower mining emission future are addressing well-identified emission intensive points of the current mining value chain. 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 realisation 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 extraction and recovery of various precious metals.
Technologies
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Advanced Multimodal Techniques in Classification of Difficult Mineral Contexts
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New borehole detector system for density-mapping of waste rock stockpiles and tailings heaps, including software tools
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Near real-time rock quality assessment from Drill Monitoring
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Sustainability Assessment Framework based on Applied LCA, Carbon Footprinting and Circularity indicators
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Novel In-Situ Bioleaching Eco-Friendly Technology for the Recovery of Strategic and Critical Metals
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XTRACT Novel Membrane Filtration Technology for Higher Metal Recovery, Water and Waste-Water Treatment
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XTRACT Novel Airborne Geophysical-Electromagnetic System
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XTRACT Reconfigurable UAV System
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XTRACT Surface and Underground Mine Mapping System
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Ground and Air-borne remote sensing and analysis system for Tailings Content Assessment
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XTRACT Drilling Performance Optimisation System
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Electrodialysis and Processability Index
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement no. 101138432