Extracting Added Value from Mediterranean Saltworks
SEArcularMINE Online Webinar - May 12th 2022, 10-12am CET
Saltwork managers and technical experts as well as municipal water infrastructure professionals from coastal communities were invited to this international open-door webinar organised by the SEArcularMINE project. SEArcularMINE presented the project’s innovative approach to recover valuable minerals from solar saltwork waste streams.
AGENDA
Welcome and Introduction
Professor Andrea Cipollina, Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Palermo
PART A: Economic Potential of Bittern Valorisation
Business model of valorising bittern
Dr Fabrizio Vicari, ResourSEAs srl
Mineral Marketplace Panel Discussion with Q&A
Chaired by Dr Michael Papapetrou, ERINN Innovation
PART B: Optimising Saltwork Productivity through Integrated Desalination
SOSALT Case study
Professor Giacomo D’Ali’Staiti, President SOSALT SpA
Feasibility study for upstream desalination plant: insights