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Dr. Jens Gutzmer (PhD ZA)
Director
Phone: +49 351 260 - 4400

PD Dr. Simone Raatz
Administrative Director
Phone: +49 351 260 - 4747

Anne-Kristin Jentzsch
Press Officer
Phone: +49 351 260 - 4429

Vanessa Weitzel
Secretary
Phone: +49 351 260 - 4404

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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 in the Resource Technology Topic within the Energy Efficiency, Materials, and Resources 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, having played a decisive role in its establishment.

News

Foto: Dr Ajay Patil, Department Leader Process Metallurgy at Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology ©Copyright: privat

New Department Lea­der Process Metallurgy at Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology

In the log term Dr Ajay Patil focus on establishing a competence cen­ter in process metallurgy and circular economy of critical raw materials and technology metals
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Foto: European researchers with participation of scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) within the TripleLink project created a software-based solution of existing and new developed software packages to overcome limitations and create opportunities for the implementation of circular strategies by industry and policy-makers. ©Copyright: HZDR/Detlev Müller

Software solution for a bet­ter circular economy: Improved decision-making tool for a more complete production and product assessment

Saving energy and raw materials as well as reducing environmental impacts is as urgent as ne­ver before. That´s why consumers and suppliers alike seek to understand how to get reliable material, production, or recycling ­information to make better-informed designing and purchasing decisions for a circular economy. European researchers with participation of scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) within the TripleLink project created a software-based solution of existing and new developed software packages to o­vercome limitations and create opportunities for the implementation of circular strategies by industry and policy-makers.
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Events

Foto: Conference "Building Bridges for the Next Generations" ©Copyright: Congressa

Trinational Science Conference - "Building Bridges for the next Generations" at the International Congress Cen­ter Dresden

On behalf of the Free State of Saxony, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) is organizing the science conference "Building Bridges for the Next Generations" on May 16 and 17, 2023. The conference will present the excellent research in Central and Eastern Europe, especially Saxony, Poland and the Czech Republic, thus positioning the region as an important science and technology location.
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Foto: FlexiPlant Illustration 2 ©Copyright: HZDR/Sander Münster

FlexiPlant - Research Infrastructure for adaptive processing of complex raw materials

One of the challenges confronting our society today is the sustainable use of our resources. The concept of a circular economy, in which products, materials and componen­ts are reused and recycled within a loop, thus generating hardly any waste, is intended to meet this challenge. In order to reco­ver raw materials of all kinds (e.g. rare earth elements) in an energy-efficient and function-preserving way, it is necessary to develop a new generation of adaptive and flexible ­techno­logies and digital platforms for the processing and recycling. FlexiPlant will be a globally unique research infrastructure, to develop and test scientific models, methods and ­techno­logies for the mechanical processing of raw material in a pilot scale. The digitalization and automation of the processing system are required for transferring the processes to industrial scale. As an open transfer platform, FlexiPlant will provide a variety of research and cooperation opportunities for interested partners from academia, industry and society.
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Flexible Processing for the Future: FlexiPlant

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