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8 Facilities and Equipment “With our research, we sometimes enter unknown territories. This is only possible with strong partners and a unique infrastructure.” The Helmholtz Institute Freiberg (HIF) has access to laboratories and technical facilities which cover the entire range of methods and technolo- gies needed for the processing and metallurgical treatment of strategic resources – both at a lab and at a pilot plant scale. An unparalleled equip- ment pool, which includes a field emission electron microprobe and a mineral liberation analyzer, helps investigate minerals. Together with the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf’s Ion Beam Center, HIF is develop ing ultrasensitive chemical and isotopic analysis procedures. The HZDR’s radiochemistry and biotechnology labs help investigate novel bioleaching technologies. However, research related to mineral and metalliferous resources also means being close to the mines. The Helmholtz Institute Freiberg can go underground literally around the corner – in Europe’s only training and research mine, where new extraction and processing technolo- gies are tested under real life conditions to determine their effectiveness. It takes pioneering metallurgical work to refine technology metals until they are ready for use. Freiberg’s IsaSmelt pilot plant is unique among universities around the globe.

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