Last week, Circular Materials proudly participated in the EIT RawMaterials Stakeholders Day, held at the Innovation Hub South event in Madrid. Represented by our Business Development Manager, Riccardo Momoli, we had the opportunity to present our cutting-edge technologies and future ambitions to industry leaders and key stakeholders.
The event started with a deep dive into the “Challenges and Opportunities in the Raw Materials Sector“, setting the stage for thought-provoking discussions. We extend our gratitude to Massimo Gasparon from the European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA) and Bernd Schäfer from EIT RawMaterials for their insights on the ongoing evolution of the European Raw Materials Alliance and the latest updates on the Critical Raw Materials Act.
The morning session also featured reverse pitches from notable industry figures such as Guillermo Rios Ransanz from Atlantic Copper, Francesco Negri from ITELYUM, and Edoardo Carturan from a2a. These insights proved invaluable as we continue to refine our technology, aligning our solutions with both market demands and industry needs.
In the afternoon, Riccardo Momoli took the stage to present Circular Materials’ mission, highlighting two key areas of our innovation:
Industrial Wastewater Treatment
We are at the forefront of recovering critical raw materials – nickel, cobalt, and copper – from spent electroplating baths, providing a sustainable solution to industrial wastewater challenges.
Black Mass Recovery
Circular Materials is pioneering smart leaching processes to extract key materials such as Lithium, Nickel, Cobalt, and Manganese from black mass, transforming them into mixed oxide precursors—the final step before Cathode Active Materials (CAM) production.
Excitingly, we also revealed our plans for the future: the launch of The Circular Materials Hub in Italy in 2024. This facility will showcase the full range of our technology from waste to secondary raw materials, with ambitious targets to process up to 2000m³/year of industrial wastewater and 200m³/year of black mass by the end of 2024. The hub will demonstrate our modular and adaptable technology, which can recover critical raw materials from different types of waste streams while offering unrivaled flexibility in terms of feedstock and market-driven outputs.
In addition, the Hub will demonstrate the seamless integration of our technology with more complex industrial processes, offering innovative ways to valorize black mass. This is just the beginning – Circular Materials is already drawing up plans to establish similar hubs across Europe in the coming years, further expanding our contribution to the circular economy.
Stay tuned for more updates as we continue our journey towards a sustainable future, recovering valuable resources from waste and driving innovation in raw material recovery.
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