Objective
The answer to the current Raw Material supply challenge faced today in Europe, lies in technological innovations that increase the efficiency of resource utilization and allow the exploitation of yet untapped resources such as industrial waste streams and metallurgical by-products. One of the key industrial residues which is currently not or poorly valorised is Bauxite Residue (BR, more commonly known as “red mud”) from alumina refineries. Bauxite residue reuse solutions do exist as stand-alone but pooling them together in an integrated manner is the only way to render bauxite residue reuse viable from an economical point of view and acceptable for the industry
The RemovAl project will combine, optimize and scale-up developed processing technologies for extracting base and critical metals from such industrial residues and valorising the remaining processing residues in the construction sector.
In term of technological aspects, RemovAl will process several by-products from the aluminium sector and from other metallurgical sectors in Europe (SiO2 by-products, SPL, fly ash,and others). The different waste streams will be combined to allow for optimal and viable processing in different technological pilot nodes. The technologies and pilots in most cases have already been developed in previous or ongoing projects and through RemovAl they will be pooled together and utilized in a European industrial symbiosis network.
In term of societal or non-technological aspects, RemovAl will gather key sectors like the non-ferrous metal and cement sectors in order to secure a true industrial symbiosis through a top-down approach considering also legislation and standardisation at European level in order to facilitate the implementation of the most promising technical solutions.
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38340 Voreppe
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V94V8F7 Askeaton
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820228 Tulcea
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1040 Bruxelles / Brussel
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SW1Y 6BN London
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157 80 ATHINA
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3000 Leuven
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7491 Trondheim
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52062 Aachen
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7034 Trondheim
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0277 Oslo
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12100 Castellon De La Plana
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52068 Aachen
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4621 Kristiansand
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10829 Berlin
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3000 Leuven
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15234 Athina
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69120 Heidelberg
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28033 MADRID
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2640 Hedehusene
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141 22 IRAKLEIO ATTIKIS
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111 47 Galatsi
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1505 LEFKOSIA
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3364 Leudelange
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92042 Paris
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3208 BO I TELEMARK
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38340 Voreppe
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