Objective
The REE4EU project will develop, validate and demonstrate in 2 industrially relevant Pilots an innovative Rare Earth Alloys (REA) production route from Permanent Magnets (PM) and Secondary Batteries (SB) waste. Currently only 1% of RE waste is being recovered as no adequate process is available, so proof-of-concept in REE4EU will open-up a fully new route bringing recovery of 90% of in-process wastes from PM manufacturing within reach. The targeted integrated solution is based on recently developed lab-proven technologies for direct high-temperature electrolyses of REA production. It will be combined in the pilots with an innovative and proven Ionic Liquid Extraction or tailored hydrometallurgical pre-treatment to demonstrate dramatic improvements in cost and environmental performance compared to state of the art technologies. This includes avoidance of process steps (pure RE extraction and reprocessing), 50% energy savings, and 100% recycling of ionic liquids as opposed to disposal of strong acid leeching agents in state of the art pre-treatment steps. The project involves in its consortium the full value chain including (SME and large) RE metal producers, PM manufacturer, SME process engineering companies and LCA experts, (SME and large) electronics and battery recycling companies, SME technology transfer, innovation specialists as well as chemical and end-user associations. Together with 4 top research institutes on electrolyses, ionic liquids and RE recycling, they will prove technical and economic viability on in-process PM waste (swarf), as well as End-of-Life (EoL) PM and SB waste, develop urgently required market data on EoL RE availability and a triple value-chain business case for a new European secondary Rare Earth Alloys (REA) production sector, creating new jobs, increasing Europe’s independence from imports and providing valuable raw materials for fast growing European green-technology industries such as Electrical/Hybrid vehicles and Wind Turbines.
Fields of science
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecycling
- social sciencessocial geographytransportelectric vehicles
- natural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistryelectrolysis
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineering
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind power
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7034 Trondheim
Norway
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Participants (17)
20009 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN (GIPUZKOA)
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CH65 1BL Ellesmere Port
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
63450 Hanau
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0277 Oslo
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41300 Sevilla
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
26290 DONZERE
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
75015 PARIS 15
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12110 Viviez
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400 40 Goteborg
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Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.
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400 40 GOTEBORG
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400 40 Goteborg
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1930 Zaventem
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
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00189 Roma
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1040 Bruxelles / Brussel
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31062 Toulouse Cedex 9
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7034 Trondheim
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