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 the research and innovation communities.
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 has initiated a collaboration with the NETHELIX project to create synergies between two complementary approaches to improving mining operations in Europe. Both projects are currently in their testing and demonstration phases. Through this collaboration, partners will exchange knowledge, support joint visibility actions, and explore participation in pilot activities and clustering initiatives. This…
Date : 24/06/2024 – 26/06/2024 The XTRACT consortium successfully concluded its 3rd General Assembly Meeting from June 24-25, 2024, in the historic city of Freiberg, Germany. The event kicked off with a delightful dinner, setting a tone of camaraderie and collaboration. Over the two days, partners from across Europe, both in-person and virtually, engaged in…
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…
Joint Horizon Europe Initiative on LCA, S-LCA and TEA for CRM Mining Activities The Horizon Europe project XTRACT, along with the LITHOS and EXCEED projects, successfully co-organised a joint Capacity Building Webinar on 29 April 2026 focusing on sustainability assessment approaches in mining and processing activities for Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) production. The webinar aimed…
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…
