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Phone: 0351 260 - 4404

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Phone: 0351 260 - 4403

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Key Enabler for a Sustainable Circular Economy of Minerals and Metals

The Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF) pursues the objective of developing innovative technologies for the economy so that mineral and metalliferous raw materials can be made available and used more efficiently and recycled in an environmentally friendly manner. The institute is a constituent part of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf. It researches within the Materials and Technologies for the Energy Transition Program of the Helmholtz Association. HIF works in close collaboration with TU Bergakademie Freiberg and is a core member of the European EIT RawMaterials network.

 

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The raw material detectives

Foto: Deep Exploration of concealed, deep-seated deposits of rare earth elements, cobalt and lithium boosted by advanced exploration technologies with geochemical methods at the surface ©Copyright: HZDR/Blaurock
In the European DeepBEAT project, scientists at the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF), an institute of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), are pursuing the approach of using geochemical analyses to detect deep-seated ore deposits in a non-invasive manner. The researchers are testing the methods in three areas in Germany, the Czech Republic and Finland. The integrative involvement of all participants is an essential part of the project in order to improve mutual understanding in exploration projects. The EU is funding the three-year project with five million euros.
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Deceptively critical sphalerite

Foto: Colloform banded, tan to dark brown sphalerite with grey marcasite (FeS2) and galena from Olkusz, Poland. ©Copyright: HIF/Max Frenzel
Sphalerite is a tricks­ter with the ability to incorporate a range of elements. Max Frenzel and Sam Thiele explain how sphalerite can be used to explore ore-forming environments.
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Research Highlight

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FlexiPlant - The research infrastructure for recycling 4.0

One of the challenges confronting our society today is the sustainable use of our resources. To reco­ver raw materials energy efficiently we strive to develop a research infrastructure that serves as platform for a new generation of adaptive, flexible, and digital ­techno­logies for the processing and recycling.
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