Horizon Industry: Cleaner Raw-Material Processing
Funds €10–12.5M projects that recover critical raw materials from difficult ores and mining waste with cleaner, more efficient processing.
Horizon Industry: Cleaner Raw-Material Processing is a European Commission call that funds €10–12.5M projects recovering critical raw materials from difficult ores and mining waste through cleaner, more efficient processing. Europe needs more resilient supplies of the minerals and metals that underpin the green and digital transition. This topic funds pilot-scale processing and refining at an EU f…
Developing and validating a pilot-scale facility in the EU that integrates processing and refining technologies to recover raw materials, particularly critical raw materials, from low-grade or complex ores and extractive waste. The facility should adapt to variable feeds, use robust process control, reduce water and energy use, waste and pollution, and address toxic compounds, biodiversity and habitat impacts. Projects must include a business case, exploitation strategy, cross-project clustering and a credible path to full-scale EU deployment.
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