One of the key Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) that SEArcularMINE technology will recover from seawater bitterns is Lithium. SEArcularMINE partners Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnologica (iBET) based in Lison, Portugal have been innovating a novel electromembrane process called Lithium Membrane Flow Capacitive Deionization (Li-MFCD)...
A key innovative element of the SEArcularMINE process is the development of complementary technologies to create a sustainable circular loop for recovery of minerals from seawater. These critical auxiliary processes will reduce the need for external chemical inputs and lower the overall environmental impact of mineral recovery from bitterns...
On February 23rd 2023 Assistant Professor Alessandro Tamburini had the great honour to be an invited speaker at the inauguration ceremony of the new academic year at the Università degli studi di Palermo, presenting to an audience of dignitaries inlcuding President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. Professor Tamburini is a senior researcher within SEArcularMINE's co-ordinating partner organisation Università degli studi di Palermo (UNIPA) and also holds the post of CEO of another of SEArcularMINE's partner organisations ResourSEAs (RES) a UNIPA spin-off company...
We are very pleased to inform you that project partner Giuseppe Battaglia from Università degli Studi di Palermo (UNIPA) will shortly be delivering an ‘Ask the Expert’ webinar...
The SEArcularMINE project, and EU mission to boost non-conventional mining of critical raw materials, will reach Asian and global audiences as a short documentary about the work of SEArcularMINE will be soon broadcast on China Global Television Network (CGTN) channels. The CGTN team visited UNIPA laboratories in Palermo, Sicily interviewing Andrea Cipollina, Project Co-ordinator, as well as Giuseppe Battaglia and Antonella Finilgeri two senior UNIPA researchers. The UNIPA team presented SEArcularMINE project activities to innovate sustainable and circular, environmentally-sensitive processes to recover important minerals from seawater - specifically working with super-concentrated brines, an end-product from evaporative sea salt production. …
SEArcularMINE project partners have made great progress with characterising bitterns from 18 saltworks located in 7 countries in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean...