[SIM² KU Leuven] Report on 2nd ELFM Seminar in the EP – DEMETER’s Symposium on e-mobility – SVS VI – New publications

Newsletter #15

Dear SIM² KU Leuven partner,

Over the past few months SIM² KU Leuven has gone through exciting times. In September 2018 our Steering Committee decided to expand its research scope (now also including metal extraction from primary ores) and to submit a formal proposal to become an official KU Leuven Institute, responding to KU Leuven’s Strategic Policy Plan for 2018-2021 (On Crossroads, for a Sustainable Society). This 15th Newsletter testifies to the vibrant activities of our research cluster during the past months, which corroborate our intention to contribute to Europe’s ambitions to become climate neutral by 2050 and establish a circular economy. (PTJ – November 30, 2018) .

2nd ELFM EP Seminar shows Landfill Directive’s blind spots

On November 20, 2018, the Second ELFM Seminar in the European Parliament took place in Brussels. It was a major success.

READ OUR ANALYSIS

Science for Society: interview with Binnemans and Jones

Siska Waelkens interviewed Koen Binnemans and Peter Tom Jones for Science@Leuven about their work on sustainable metallurgy and their wider research valorisation strategy.

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Call for papers for Thematic Issue on ELFM in Detritus

EURELCO and EU MSCA-ETN NEW-MINE call for papers on the topic of Enhanced Landfill Mining for a Thematic Issue in the IWWG Journal Detritus (Deadline: 11-6-2019).

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New Mg–REEs alloys developed within the EU Remaghic project

The key results obtained in this Innovation Action project are summarised by Blanca Araujo Perez and Dr. Federica Forte in a high-profile interview in the Journal Impact.

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NEW PUBLICATIONS

Green (IL-based) solvents developed to dissolve gold

SIM² KU Leuven researchers from the SOLVOMET Group developed new leaching solutions to dissolve metals, based on non-volatile ionic liquids. Learn 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. SIM² KU Leuven researchers explain why. Learn more →

Scandium in Greek bauxite and bauxite residue

An international team of researchers have published one of the most detailed ever characterisation studies of the occurrence of scandium in Greek bauxite and bauxite residue. Learn more →

FULL LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS

NEW RESEARCHERS

Willem Vereycken

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Giacomo Damilano

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Brecht Dewulf

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MORE DETAILS ABOUT OUR NEW COLLEAGUE S

UPCOMING EVENTS

DEMETER Concluding Symposium [5-7.02.2019] Leuven

Rare-earth permanent-magnet motors and the e-mobility revolution

PROGRAMME & REGISTRATION

GARETH HATCH

Strategic Materials Advisors Ltd.

GWENDOLYN BAILEY

KU Leuven (ESR in DEMETER)

OLIVER GUTFLEISCH

TU Darmstadt

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6th International Slag Valorisation Symposium [1-5.04.2019] Mechelen

Science, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Pursuit of a Sustainable World

PROGRAMME & REGISTRATION

SIM² KU Leuven

SIM² KU Leuven is a leading, interdisciplinary research cluster at KU Leuven uniting the research groups working on Sustainable Inorganic Materials Management. SIM² KU Leuven’s – renewed – mission is “to develop, organise and implement problem-driven, science-deep research and future-oriented education, contributing to the environmentally friendly production and recycling of metals, minerals and engineered materials within a circular-economy context.”

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CONTACT

SIM² KU Leuven

Address: Kasteelpark Arenberg 44
Leuven 3001, Belgium
Email: peter.jones@kuleuven.be

Phone: + 32 16 32 12 13
Website: https://kuleuven.sim2.be/
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