In September 2018 Willem Vereycken started his PhD in the SOLVOMET Group on solvent extraction of critical metals using ionic liquids in milliflow applications. He is nominated for the “EOS Scriptieprijs 2018” for his MSc thesis.
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Green (IL-based) solvents developed to dissolve gold
KU Leuven researchers developed new leaching solutions to dissolve metals, based on non-volatile ionic liquids (ILs). This work on dissolving gold without gas formation was published in Green Chemistry.
Read More »The Quest of the Negative Sequence (for extraction of REEs)
The extraction of lanthanides from nitrate media with basic nitrate extractants shows a remarkable decreasing trend when going from left to right in the lanthanide series. The Binnemans SOLVOMET group is taking the first step.
Read More »Prometia’s Techtour in Belgium was a major success
On 9-11 October 2018, Prometia organised its 2018 Prometia Techtour in Belgium, with stops in Liège, Leuven and Antwerp. SIM² KU Leuven hosted two lab visits and several seminars. Andrea Martos (IDENER) liked what she saw.
Read More »New Mg–REEs alloys developed within the EU Remaghic project
Within the EU Remaghic project, new REEs and Mg recovery processes have been developed from a selection of waste streams in order to produce new low cost competitive alloys for the automotive, biomedical and aeronautic industry.
Read More »Register for the DEMETER Closing Symposium (5-7 Feb’ 2019)
ETN DEMETER (Design and Recycling of Rare-Earth Permanent Magnet Motors and Generators in Hybrid and Full Electric Vehicles) organises the DEMETER Closing Symposium in Feb’ 2019 (together with SIM² KU Leuven, GloREIA and Valeo).
Read More »EU “Raw Materials Week” 2018
Following the success of the Raw Materials Week 2017, the 3rd edition of the EU "Raw Materials Week", organised by the European Commission, will take place from Monday 12 to Friday 16 November 2018 in Brussels.
Read More »Quo vadis SIM MaRes? Can low-grade residues be valorised?
On 17-9-2018 the Sounding Board of the SIM MaRes programme took place in Leuven to realign the programme with current needs in industry. René Wiersma (Shell) gave a lecture on the use of solvents in mining & metallurgy.
Read More »Deep Eutectic Solvents, Fifty Shades of Grey and Brexit
In their “Fifty Shades of Grey” project, Stelios Spathariotis and Prof. Andy Abbott (both University of Leicester) used Deep Eutectic Solvents to create a Union Jack art piece made by fifty different spots of metal colour…
Read More »Milestone biohydrometallurgy event in Orléans on 10-10-2018
PROMETHEE & BRGM are organising a milestone workshop dedicated to biohydrometallurgy on October 10, 2018. The event is highly relevant for researchers working in the EU projects CROCODILE, NEMO, METGROW+, ETN SULTAN & SOCRATES...
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