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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 workshop on secondary raw materials/ urban mining data management in close connection with a scientific exchange platform for stake holders of the European scandium inventory.
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 acceptance and trust took place in Brussels on 5 June 2018. This event focused on the activities undertaken by almost thirty Horizon 2020 mining and processing projects that work on improving public acceptance and trust of such activities, by means of an exchange
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 plant of AOS in Hamburg, Germany
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 where the SCALE project expects to extract the Scandium from in the EU. Download the list The full list includes: Aluminum (bauxite), antimony, arsenic, barite, beryllium, bismuth, cesium, chromium, cobalt, fluorspar, gallium, germanium, graphite (natural), hafnium, helium, indium, lithium, magnesium, manganese, niobium, platinum
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 Operate in Brussels on the 5th of June This highly interactive event will illustrate the approaches taken and lessons learnt throughout thirty EU H2020 projects and key stakeholders, including a consideration of how European funding can be used to develop
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 the industrial plant of AOS in Hamburg, Germany.
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, 2017, (http://www.goo.gl/1udXg5). On November 7, SCALE will be presented at the 1st Annual Critical Raw Materials Event co-organized by SCREEN, SCALE and other EC projects (http://scrreen.eu/scrreen-launching-event/). Meet you in Bruxelles!
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, (http://www.goo.gl/TdNsTT) and present a keynote on “Enabling Scandium mass production through industrial waste valorisation for improved Aluminium properties (Al-SC Alloy) with potential application to Additive Manufacturing”. ITRB Group will chair the Raw Materials Production Session and the Plenary Session. See you in
2nd SCALE Project Progress Meeting
Hosted by TRONOX, the 2nd SCALE Project Progress Meeting will take place in Rotterdam on November 28-29, 2017.
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 partners, was involved in the Ad Hoc Working Group on CRM (http://www.goo.gl/SmTufG). Scandium is one of the 27 materials, due to a combination of supply risk and economic importance: one more reason to pursue the objective of
WHAT IS SCANDIUM?
Scandium is a chemical element with symbol Sc and atomic number 21. A silvery-white metallic d-block element, it was discovered in 1879 by spectral analysis of the minerals euxenite and gadolinite from Scandinavia.
Scandium is a rare-earth metal, used in small amounts but with drastic effects on properties of matter. It is a key component in producing high strength Aluminium alloys used in aerospace and 3D printing as well as in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) applications.
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