📬 The third edition of the XTRACT Project Newsletter has been published, offering an overview of the project’s latest activities, and collaborations.
This issue provides updates on recent milestones, participation in events and ongoing work.
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Thank you for your continued interest and support in the XTRACT journey!
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…
The XTRACT project announces a synergy with PERSEPHONE, which addresses the challenges of mining at greater depths driven by the increased demand for raw materials. PERSEPHONE is aiming to address these challenges by developing of the pioneering technologies for pushing the limits of EU mining industry and embodiment of autonomous and integrated near mine exploration…
Recovering water, securing recyclable materials, and avoiding waste are key objectives of XTRACT. Within the framework of XTRACT, G.E.O.S. Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH has recently started operating a new electrodialysis unit for water treatment. The technology is being applied for the first time in the project by the Process Engineering team, with the aim of recovering water…
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 platform has now been integrated into the XTRACT website, providing a centralised environment for monitoring, analysis and decision support across raw material extraction and resource recovery activities. The XTRACT platform represents the final demonstrator and user-facing interface of the cutting-edge technologies developed within the XTRACT project. It integrates geospatial data, sensor measurements, satellite-based…
XTRACT has established a new synergy with ZEROSTEEL, a research and innovation initiative under the Horizon Europe Programme. ZEROSTEEL targets the green and digital transition of the steel industry and aims to radically reduce the carbon footprint of steel production by developing and integrating near-zero-emission technologies across the entire production chain. The ZEROSTEEL consortium brings…
