Duurzame, koolstofvrije vanadium-, titanium- en ijzerwinning uit de laagwaardige vanadiumhoudende titanomagnetietafzettingen in Europa KU Leuven
The EC’s Critical Raw Materials (CRM) Act sets multiple benchmarks for reducing Europe’s dependency on a few unlike-minded third countries for strategic/critical raw materials. Through the domestic extraction of two CRMs – “vanadium” (V) and “titanium metal” (Ti metal) – AVANTIS addresses the first target of the Act (> 10% domestic extraction, for V & Ti). AVANTIS’ rationale lies in the fact that Europe has a multitude of unexploited, ...