Reducing the European deficit of Platinum Group Metals (PGMs), by - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Reducing the European deficit of Platinum Group Metals (PGMs), by upscaling to industrial relevant levels a novel cost-efficient and miniaturised PGMs recovery and raw material production process Platirus Project - General presentation October 4th 2018 Dr Emma Goosey – Env-Aqua Solutions Ltd H2020 Clustering Forum, Athens

PGMs Recovery using Secondary Raw Materials

Life Cycle Assessment Objectives

• Comparison of PLATIRUS developed technologies.
• Comparison of energy uses for current operations and PLATIRUS

technology.

• Assess the impacts of regional and localised recycling opportunities.
• Assess the impacts of recovering PGMs from low concentration

reserves.

• Comparison of economic input-output in a changing market.

PGMs Recovery using Secondary Raw Materials

Considerations for the PLATIRUS LCA

• What are the EU initiatives and how does the PLATIRUS technology

impact upon them?

• Do different process designs deliver different levels of functionality?

(e.g. is 99% purity significantly better than 97%?)

• What is the relative cost of operations and how do these compare to

the fluctuating market?

PGMs Recovery using Secondary Raw Materials

PLATIRUS is a project funded by the European Commission. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program under Grant Agreement n° 730224

Project website: www.platirus.eu

Main Project Contact: TECNALIA

• Dr. Amal Siriwardana (Project Coordinator)

Amal.Siriwardana@tecnalia.com