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CICERO focuses on developing a sustainable refining process for nickel, cobalt, and manganese, essential for battery production. The project aims to create a circular hydrometallurgical model that utilizes environmentally friendly methods to process secondary raw materials and produce battery-grade materials in Europe.
On 16 March 2023 the EC published the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) proposal that sets “benchmarks along the strategic raw materials value chain and for the diversification of the EU supplies”.
By targeting the domestic refining of three “strategic” battery-related CRMs, i.e., Ni, Co and Mn, the CICERO project addresses the second CRMA benchmark: i.e., > 40% domestic processing/refining.
To tackle the twin problems of (1) Europe’s dependence on a few third countries (i.e., DRC, Indonesia, Ch…
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
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Sweden, Stockholm
Type: University / higher education
Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
SME: No
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