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Summer school 2024

Scaleup is proud to announce its summer school as a clustering event together with the EIT EU Magnesium, DysCovery and VALORE ...

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Please meet with Henk van der Laan at the TMS Conference, Light Metal session: Tuesday, March 5 11H10 AM

How Can Europe Reduce Offshore Dependence of Its Supply Chain for Critical Metals like Scandium? Henk van der Laan1; Beate ...

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Powder Metallurgy World Congress

HOT TOPICS FOR THE BETTER WORLD:Circular Economy and Sustainability in PM (Reuse, Recycle, Remanufacturing)     Sustainable ...

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Rare Metal Technology 2023

Prof. Kerstin Forsberg, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden is co-editor of the TME 2023 Conference proceedings: Editors: Takanari Ouchi, ...

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RawMat2023

ScaVanger, Scaleup, Valore and EU Magnesium EIT projects partners were active at the Raw Material Conference 1. A clustering ...

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Raw Material Conference 2023, Athens

(28th August to 2nd September) https://www.rawmat2023.ntua.gr/ How can EU Critical Raw Materials extraction from waste or ...

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« Valorization of Secondary Raw Materials »

The National University of Athens (NTUA-TesMet) organizes summer schools on « Valorization of Secondary Raw Materials »20th ...

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SCALE joins Innovation Forum 2021

SCALE will be a part of H2020 Innovation Forum 2021 that is taking place on November 30 2021, in Brussels, and virtually for ...

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SCALE featured in Alcircle

SCALE project was featured in Alcircle, the is an information and business portal for the global aluminum industry that covers ...

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SCALE final results

A presentation of SCALE technologies and breakthroughs. ...

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Scandium in ScaVanger

Scandium (Sc) applications in solid oxide electrolyzer cells, aeronautics and 3D printing are forecasted to increase ...

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SCALE pilot in Mytilineos Plant

A new hydrometallurgical pilot unit was built in MYTILINEOS Aluminium of Greece plant under the SCALE project. The pilot unit ...

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SINTEF successfully produced Al with Sc by electrolysis

SINTEF has demonstrated the direct production of Al with ~ 2wt% Sc by electrolysis from a cryolite melt with Al2O3 and Sc2O3 as ...

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II-VI Incorporated and MYTILINEOS S.A. Demonstrate Transformation of Waste Streams into Eco-Friendly and Economical Sources of Rare Earth Metals

Demonstrated scandium recovery from bauxite residues in industrial waste streams for new aluminum scandium alloys, additive ...

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KBM demonstrates Al-Sc 3D printing with SCALE alloy

Following the successful demonstration of Al-Sc alloy production at LCM, KBM proceeded with a demonstration of the additive ...

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LCM produces Al-Sc Alloy – Scale Project

LCM has completed the SCALE metal technology demonstration activities by producing Al-Sc master alloys at small ...

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Introducing ScaVanger project

Sustainable Supply of Scandium, Niobium and Vanadium for the EU Industries from Liquid Residues from Chlorine-Based TiO2 ...

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Treasures in industrial waste – Scandium recovery FHNW HLS

source: FHNW eMagazin, «Synergien», Issue November 2020. ...

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7th progress meeting

The 7th SCALE progress meeting was held on 1st of April  2020, online due to the COVID19 outbreak. In ...

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First tests at the Mytilineos BR Leaching plant

Following the successful commissioning of the new Hydro Pilot unit, the first tests in Bauxite Residue acid leaching took place ...

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Waste to Value

Researchers at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland School of Life Sciences have developed a ...

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Hydrometallurgical Processing of Scandium Concentrate, December 2019

Purpose of developing and optimizing a sustainable solvent extraction process operation was to separate and purify scandium ...

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SCALE project, a H2020 success story

The SCALE project was selected as a Horizon 2020 success story, and presented as such, at the 2019 Raw Materials Week in ...

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SCALE 2nd project review completed with success

The 6th progress meeting and 2nd project review of the SCALE project took place in Brussels on the 16 and 17th of October ...

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SCALE at EIT Raw Materials Expert Forum

SCALE was presented at the EIT Raw Materials Expert Forum on Mobility dedicated to Electrification & Lightweight ...

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Scale presented at Indo-European Meet

On the 18, 19 and 20 September 2019, SCALE, together with the EnsureAl and RemovAl projects, was presented at the Partnership ...

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Joint MEAB-KTH pilot tests underway in WP3

The pilot test, run jointly by MEAB and KTH, aims to obtain ScF3 with a purity of at least 99% after crystallisation from ...

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SCALE participated in MIREU’s SLO workshop

SCALE was presented at the 3rd SLO Workshop Ensuring SLO is Adaptive and Resilient (5-6 June 2019, Brussels, Belgium), within ...

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Bauxite Residue on focus in the newest JRC report

Latest JRC science for policy report includes special chapter on the Bauxite Residue handling and recycling. The report, ...

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SCALE research article is one of the most downloaded!

The paper Re-using bauxite residues: benefits beyond (critical raw) material recovery, published in Journal of Chemical ...

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The 5th progress meeting took place in Basel

The 5th Progress meeting was held at FHNW in Basel, Switzerland on the 28-29 May 2019 ...

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European First: Solvent Impregnated Resin (SIR) Processing of Scandium Concentrate, April 2019

II-VI has successfully demonstrated its SIR process in pilot scale by processing 1.9 m3 of acid waste stream from TRONOX and ...

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MEAB Solvent Extraction Bench Scale Operation Under Way, April 2019

MEAB GmbH will set-up their solvent extraction bench scale demonstration plant in Aachen, Germany. Working with scandium ...

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META Scandium products

META Nikel-Kobalt A.Ş produced their first Scandium product using MEAB’s solvent extraction mixer-settler mini-pilot plant. ...

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SCALE research awarded the 2019 Light Metals Subject Award

A team from NTUA Laboratory of Metallurgy and Mytilineos, Metallurgy Business Unit has been awarded the 2019 Light Metals ...

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How the SCALE pilot turns trash into treasure

The SCALE pilot plant uses ionic liquid to extract rare earth elements from the bauxite residue (red mud) of alumina production. ...

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Critical raw materials & scandium inventory workshops concluded

The Critical raw materials data management & European scandium inventory workshops took place with great success, in ...

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The 4th progress meeting took place in Berlin

The 4th progress meeting was held at BAM in Berlin on the 28th of November. At the 2 year mark of the project, all research ...

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SCALE co-organises second Annual Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) event

The second Annual Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) Event offers an opportunity to a variety of stakeholders to get a fresh update ...

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SCALE at Researchers’ Night

SCALE project presented at the “Researchers’ Night” event in Stockholm, September 28th, from Prof. Kerstin ...

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SCALE presented at H2020 Innovation Forum

On October 4th, 2018 SCALE took part in the first H2020 Innovation Forum, a clustering event, bringing together H2020 projects, ...

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Critical raw materials data management and European scandium inventory workshops

The German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in cooperation with the SCALE Project, is organizing a ...

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Scale at the workshop on social acceptance in the European raw materials sector

Scale participated at the workshop on social acceptance in the European raw materials sector. The cluster event on public ...

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The 3rd progress meeting took place in Hamburg

The 3rd Progress Meeting of SCALE and its 1st Project Review took place on the 27th  and 28th of June 2018 at the industrial ...

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Addition of Scandium to the USGS critical minerals list

The new USGS critical minerals list includes besides Scandium,  Aluminum (bauxite) and Titanium, the two key materials from ...

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Social Acceptance in the European Raw Materials Sector Workshop

SCALE will be present and presenting at the Cluster event for ongoing projects funded by HORIZON 2020 on Social Licence to ...

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3rd Progress Meeting – First Project Review

The 3rd Progress Meeting of SCALE and its 1st Project Review is scheduled to take place on the 27th  and 28th of June 2018 at ...

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SCALE team @ Raw Materials Week

The SCALE team will be attending the Raw Materials Week organized by the DG Grow of the European Commission, November 6-9, ...

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SCALE team @ Metallic Materials&Processes International Conference

The SCALE team will be attending the 2nd Metallic Materials and Processes International Conference on October 25-27, 2017, ...

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2nd SCALE Project Progress Meeting

Hosted by TRONOX, the 2nd SCALE Project Progress Meeting will take place in Rotterdam on November 28-29, 2017. ...

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Release of Critic Raw Materials List for the EU

After 2 years of hard work, the European Commission releases the Critic Raw Materials List for the EU. ITRB Group, one of our ...

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SCALE project showcased on Business Europe platform

The SCALE project, led by Mytilineos (former Aluminium of Greece), is now showcased as a circular economy example on Business ...

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1st SCALE Project Progress Meeting in concurrence with ERES

Hosted by NTUA, the first SCALE Project Progress Meeting was celebrated on May 31, 2017, on the Greek Island of Santorini, in ...

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Kick Off Meeting

The SCALE Project is officially launched! Aluminium of Greece hosted the Kick Off Meeting on December 19, 2016, gathering more ...

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