Removing the waste streams from the primary Aluminum production in Europe

The RemovAL project will combine, optimize and scale-up developed processing technologies for extracting base and critical metals from such industrial residues and valorising the remaining processing residues in the construction sector.

The ambition of RemovAL is straightforward: to overcome environmental issues and technological barriers related to aluminium industry, by combining and advancing existing technologies for the sustainable processing of BR, SPL and other by-products, generating revenue.

near zero-waste processing near break-even flowsheets

RemovAL overcomes the barriers of economic viability by pooling together and integrating proposed stand-alone solutions, while adhering to the following principles:

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treat waste with waste

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recover valuable critical metals

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develop marketable products

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customise the solution to the industrial ecostystem of each alumina plant

Progress, news & updates

Facts & figures

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H2020

RemovAL is a European Commission funded Innovation Action, under EASME, answering to the call on Raw materials Innovation actions H2020-SC5-2017-TwoStage
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48 months duration

RemovAL kicked off its activities on May 2018 and is expected to be completed in 2022
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11 mil.

RemovAL has been granted a total budget of 11,481,599.13 euros
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26 partners

The RemovAL consortium is comprised by large production industries, SMEs, academic and research institutions and industrial associations
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6 pilot plants

Combined they will form a network of technological nodes, enabling optimum processing flow sheets 2 for valorising the produced bauxite residue
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1 demo house

Built exclusively with bauxite residue building products