Tag: Research & development

The Eramet Open Innovation challenges organized by Eramet Ideas and EIT RawMaterials invite start-ups and SMEs from all over the world to propose innovative solutions to help face the challenges of the mining industry. In 2023, the candidates were asked to propose solutions to better manage and optimize water resources used by Eramet’s activities. [...]

This facility is a 1:1,000 scale replica of the plant due to be built in Dunkirk (59), with start-up scheduled for 2027, subject to a final investment decision expected by the end of 2024.The creation of this pilot plant is a key stage for this project carried out in partnership with SUEZ and aiming to [...]

A year ago, Eramet Ideas, the Eramet Group's research and development center, welcomed the SEM (scanning electron microscope). A world first, this equipment enables us to observe ores and metals down to a scale of several tens of nanometers, in order to create chemical maps. "This tool enables us to better understand the distribution of [...]

For its 5th edition, the Open Innovation Challenge organized by Eramet Ideas and EIT RawMaterials invites candidate companies to propose a solution to better manage water resources in Eramet's mining and metals activities. The initiative is also supported by Austmine, the leading industry association for the Australian Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) sector. Monitoring, optimization and reduction [...]

Nearly 70 million euros: this is the amount of subsidies that the European Union has just awarded to Eramet to support its electric vehicle battery recycling project.Eramet set itself a challenge: to develop the first closed-loop lithium-ion battery recycling unit in Europe. Since then, Eramet has successfully demonstrated its ability to recycle all the valuable [...]

With its new scanning electron microscope, Eramet Ideas is strengthening its analytical capabilities  to gain a more detailed picture of the Group’s minerals and support its business strategy.This cutting-edge scanning electron microscope, the first of its generation anywhere in the world, through the coupling of three microscopy technologies, has just arrived at Eramet Ideas in [...]

Eramet Ideas is launching its 4th Open Innovation Challenge dedicated to safety at work. The idea? To source companies that can provide innovative solutions and contribute to achieving our goal of zero accidents.Frédéric Camuset Group safety and prevention DirectorSafety at work in a mining and metallurgical group like Eramet is a daily challenge. The Eramet safety [...]

Meet Bind-X and their innovative solution for dust emissions control: this start-up has just won the Responsible Mining Innovation Challenge, led by Eramet Ideas in partnership with EIT RawMaterials. The Eramet Open Innovation challenges organized by Eramet Ideas and EIT RawMaterials invite start-ups and SMEs from all over the world to propose innovative solutions to [...]

After several years of R&D, Eramet's teams and their partners – Suez, Chimie ParisTech and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology – gathered since January 2020 for the ReLieVe (Recycling of Li-ion batteries for Electric Vehicles) collaborative project, have demonstrated their ability to recycle Li-ion batteries in a closed-loop process with a high level [...]

Eramet Ideas is organizing a new edition of its international challenge, focused this year on the selection of innovations for responsible mining. With this "Responsible Mining Innovation Challenge", Eramet Ideas is once again proving its ability to stimulate the rapid development of value-creating solutions. To this end, the entity is once again partnering with EIT [...]

The Eramet Group just held the second edition of its Open Innovation challenge, jointly organized by Eramet Ideas, its research and innovation subsidiary, and EIT RawMaterials. Let’s have a look at the winning project. For the second edition of its Open Innovation challenge, Eramet selected a new theme: real-time monitoring, applicable to any of the [...]