President of Bolivia visits KU Leuven (Tarantula consortium member)

SIM² KU Leuven (Tarantula consortium member) meets the President of Bolivia! Prior to his participation in the long-awaited Celac-EU summit in Brussels, on 17 July 2023 SIM² KU Leuven had the honour to meet Luis Arce, the President of the Plurinational State of...

The Twelve Principles of Circular Hydrometalllurgy

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...

Final EU CROCODILE video released during EU Raw Materials week

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...

Documentary “Responsible Mining in Europe”: what the experts say

On October 20, 2022, the documentary “Responsible Mining in Europe: A new paradigm to counter climate change” was officially launched. The documentary searches for answers to Europe’s seemingly problematic relationship with primary mining of energy-transition metals....