ElectroFlex

 

Title

(Bio)Electrochemical extraction and recovery of metals from low grade ores and residues

Concept

The ElectroFlex project intends to lower the barrier to innovation for customers/companies in the field of electrowinning and electro-separation techniques for complex, low-grade raw materials and residues by offering access to one-of-a-kind, key infrastructures and services organised in a network of top-level universities, research institutes and companies.

Participants

• Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV – (Flemish Institute for Technological Research NV VITO), Belgium (Coordinator)
• Aalto-Korkeakoulusaatio (Aalto University), Finland
• Chalmers tekniska högskola AB (Chalmers University of Technology), Sweden
• Ghent University, Belgium
• Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, Belgium
• Stichting Wetsus European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, (Wetsus), The Netherlands
• Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF), Germany
• Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. VTT), Finland
• UMICORE NV, Belgium