The success of BYD’s electric cars shows how Europe is losing the competition with China in yet another sector. In this op-ed, published in De Tijd (13 January 2024), Peter Tom Jones argues that, in a time of protectionism, Europe needs to undergo reindustrialization,...
“Make no mistake. The tsunami of cheap, subsidised Chinese Electric Vehicles is coming. Europe seems to have been sleepwalking into an abyss”, that’s the opening statement of SIM²’s new documentary “Made in Europe: from mine to Electric Vehicle” in collaboration with...
In line with the Twelve Principles of Circular Hydrometallurgy (Binnemans & Jones, Sustain. Metall. 9, 1–25 (2023)), SOLVOMET develops solvent extraction process to regenerate the acids that are used for the leaching of (critical) metals from a multitude of input...
The SOLVOMET Group is delighted to announce the publication of its position paper “The Twelve Principles of Circular Hydrometalllurgy” in the Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy. In order to make this paper as relevant as possible for the global hydrometallurgical...
The SIM² KU Leuven / CROCODILE teams are delighted to share the new CROCODILE video on cobalt recovery through the recycling of spent Li-ion batteries. The topic of the new video is 100% in line with the official EC position as regards Europe’s three-pronged critical...
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