PyroFlex is an EIT RawMaterials funded project, which offers a network of pyrometallurgical infrastructure and expertise for residue treatment. The PyroFlex team invites you to submit a request via its web-based service platform! lnkd.in/g7Mxiez lnkd.in/gDCFnra

SIM² KU Leuven is delighted to announce that it has secured funding for a new EU H2020 MSCA-ETN project focusing on the Remediation and Reprocessing of Sulfidic Mining Waste Sites. The project is called SULTAN and is set to start o…lnkd.in/gJBRCDH lnkd.in/giCU3Yn

We are delighted to announce that the call for applicants for EU MSCA-ETN SULTAN is now officially open. We are looking for bright and enthusiastic candidates who want to be part of a dynamic, international team of 15 PhD students.…lnkd.in/gqUBzH6 lnkd.in/gEFMDhK

Detritus, the new International Waste Working Group (IWWG) journal for Waste Resources and Residues, has just published two new articles on (Enhanced) Landfill Mining, which were developed through the EU MSCA-ETN NEW-MINE project.…lnkd.in/ezxe4_7 lnkd.in/e-HeqYB

Three years after the first ever Seminar on Enhanced Landfill Mining in the European Parliament, EURELCO can now announce it will organise a follow-up EP Seminar on 20-11-2018, co-organised by ETN NEW-MINE and SIM² KU Leuven. lnkd.in/e-yGKnm lnkd.in/eHSQS3R

Three 11-year old, Belgian girls have launched an international climate petition for children between 6 and 12. They call upon all adults to help sharing this news. Find out more in their “Kids for Climate” video: lnkd.in/dZPnzCj Press release: kidsforclimate.org/media/Press_re…

VIDEO. Kids for Climate lanceert internationale petitie: 11-jarige Marian Jones vertaalt Nederlandsta... hln.be/regio/leuven/v… via HLN.BE

De drie Kids for climate initiatiefnemers trokken vandaag naar de Kinderrechtencommissaris in het Vlaams Parlement. Mijn dochter, Marian, was erbij!

Kids for climate trokken vandaag naar de Kinderrechtencommissaris om meer inspraak te eisen in het klimaatdebat! Onze dochter, Marian Jones, was erbij en tevreden met het resultaat.

Happy to sign this letter by scientists all over the world, just like I signed the previous ones. Concerns of climate protest movement are fully justified. Dr. Peter Tom Peter Tom Jones (KU Leuven @SIMsquare)

Vandaag werd ons "klimaatrapport" i.o.v. Youth for Climate aan de pers voorgesteld. 120 pagina's met ingrediënten voor een systemisch klimaat- en duurzaamheidsbeleid. Fier om mijn steentje bij te dragen als kernpanellid en trekker van één van de tafels. klimaatpanel.be/nl

Watch the video of our ETN DEMETER project, as a showcase for 10 years of Marie-Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions !

Transforming mining waste into valuable products while recovering valuable and often critical metals? Delighted to share our latest animated EU MSCA-ETN project video...

What have we learnt from the rare earth crisis in 2011? This article investigates the (poor) US responsea and concludes "With renewed rare earth supply concerns during the US-China trade war, the question remains when will the US w…lnkd.in/dKfVhKA lnkd.in/d-yG7p6

Delighted to see our recent EU ETN SULTAN project video on the valorisation of extractive waste (tailings) has been boosted by the European Commission.

De shocktherapie van Greta Thunberg, mijn opinie vandaag in De Standaard. standaard.be/cnt/dmf2019092… via De Standaard

Mining in the battle against climate change | News | CORDIS | European Commission (EU Research Results) europa.eu/!QT8wnr

In the context of the EU Horizon 2020 MSCA-ETN REDMUD project, an international team of researchers have published one of the most detailed ever characterisation studies of the occurrence of scandium in Greek bauxite (residue). Aut…lnkd.in/g-7zRku lnkd.in/gdpMaPB

On June 6, 2018, Prof. Jo Van Caneghem (CHEMARTS & SIM² KU Leuven) will present her inaugural ‘Materials Engineering 2018’ lecture “Beyond waste combustion: the opportunities of waste-to-energy for material recovery in a circular e…lnkd.in/gmB6tgh lnkd.in/gPBFFqk