Seawater contains most the elements from the periodic table, but as 99% of seawater salts consist of just 6 ions: chloride (Cl−), sodium (Na+), sulfate (SO24−), magnesium (Mg2+), calcium (Ca2+), and potassium (K+), the remaining ions are known as Trace Elements (TEs)...
Project Co-Ordinator Prof. Andrea Cipollina was delighted to deliver a presentation about the SEArcularMINE project at this year’s annual EUSalt Conference 2023. EUSalt is the association of European and global crystallised salt producers whose members are key industrial users for the results emerging from the SEArcularMINE project...
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. …
This August, Fabrizio Vicari from SEARcularMINE partner ResourSEAs has been sampling super concentrated seawater from Margherita di Savoia (Puglia), the largest saltwork in Italy...
We are delighted to announce that the Real Environmental Laboratory, a project milestone, has now been completed and in use...
Project partner SOSALT is excited to share photos of the progress of The Real Environment Laboratory (REL) currently in development within the natural reserve of Trapani and Paceco Saltworks in Sicily. This ancient building in the middle of saltworks is being renovated so that it can host a small laboratory with facilities capable of performing tests on the seawater brines/bitterns.