Recovery of Tungsten, Niobium and Tantalum occurring as by-products in mining and processing waste streams

Project Information

TARANTULA

Grant agreement ID: 821159

DOI 10.3030/821159

Project closed

EC signature date 3 May 2019

Start date 1 June 2019

End date 30 November 2023

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

Total cost € 6 946 607,50

EU contribution € 6 946 607,50

Coordinated by

FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Spain

Deliverables

Documents, reports (10)

Lessons learnt from the TARANTULA high-level multi-stakeholder transition arena gatherings and TARANTULA local events with respect to civil society engagement

Lessons learnt from the TARANTULA highlevel multistakeholder transition arena gatherings and TARANTULA local events with respect to civil society engagement

Technical guidelines for entering information on primary resources to the RMIS
Report on exhaustive identification and updating of related projects in view of clustering and SLO activities within TARANTULA
Preliminary directory of W, Nb and Ta occurrences.v.1

Preliminary directory of W Nb and Ta occurrencesv1

Guidelines for safeguarding social and environmental sustainability in future commercial upscaling
Report on TARANTULA's clustering activities with other EU H2002 ETN/RIA/IA projects, with a specific focus on SLO and LCA methodologies

Report on TARANTULAs clustering activities with other EU H2002 ETNRIAIA projects with a specific focus on SLO and LCA methodologies

Report on stakeholder analysis
Directory of W, Nb and Ta occurrences in current and former mines in the EU v.2

Directory of W Nb and Ta occurrences in current and former mines in the EU v2

Report on ore/gangue mineralogy and textures of sampled occurrences

Report on oregangue mineralogy and textures of sampled occurrences

Report on TARANTULA training activities targeting industrial audiences

Other (1)

Short, 5-minute, animated video demonstrating project objectives...

Short 5minute animated video demonstrating project objectives

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (3)

The Social Licence to Operate and the legitimacy of resource extraction

Author(s): Marieke Evelien Meesters; Piet Wostyn; Judith van Leeuwen; Jelle Behagel; Esther Turnhout
Published in: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 49, 7 - 11, Issue 1, 2021, Page(s) 7-11, ISSN 1877-3435
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2020.11.002

Microwave-assisted alkaline fusion followed by water-leaching for the selective extraction of the refractory metals tungsten, niobium and tantalum from low-grade ores and tailings

Author(s): Jeroen Spooren, Wendy Wouters, Bart Michielsen, Elena M. Seftel, Steven-Friso Koelewijn
Published in: Minerals Engineering, Issue 217, 2024, Page(s) 108963, ISSN 0892-6875
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2024.108963

Solvometallurgical Process for the Recovery of Tungsten from Scheelite

Author(s): Orefice, Martina ; Viet, Tu Nguyen ; Raiguel, Stijn ; Jones, Peter Tom ; Binnemans, Koen
Published in: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Issue Volume 61, 2021, Page(s) 754-764, ISSN 0888-5885
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c03872

Conference proceedings (2)

A process based on Ionic Liquids for tungsten valorization from low grade scheelite concentrates,

Author(s): J. Nieto, L. Yurramendi , J. L. Aldana , C. del Río , A. Siriwardana
Published in: International Solvent Extraction Conference 2022 – ISEC2022, Issue Annual, 2022, Page(s) 1-8
Publisher: ISEC 2022

Recovery of Tungsten from Downstream Mineral Processing Fractions by Deep Eutectic Solvents

Author(s): Lourdes Yurramendi, Javier Nieto, Amal Siriwardana
Published in: International Conference on Raw Materials and Circular Economy 2021, Issue annual, 2022, Page(s) 96
Publisher: materials proceedings
DOI: 10.3390/materproc2021005096