{"id":4449,"date":"2025-06-30T15:47:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circularmaterials.it\/?p=4449"},"modified":"2025-06-30T15:56:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:56:57","slug":"from-waste-to-strategic-metals-circular-materials-achieves-first-industrial-scale-recoveries-under-the-critical-raw-materials-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/en\/from-waste-to-strategic-metals-circular-materials-achieves-first-industrial-scale-recoveries-under-the-critical-raw-materials-act\/","title":{"rendered":"From Waste to Strategic Metals: Circular Materials Achieves First Industrial-Scale Recoveries Under the Critical Raw Materials Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4449\" class=\"elementor elementor-4449\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38154b73 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38154b73\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7255873e\" data-id=\"7255873e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61eae4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"61eae4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/modificata-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4451 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/modificata-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/modificata-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/modificata-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/modificata-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/modificata-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/modificata-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/modificata-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/modificata-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4451 lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/modificata-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/modificata-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/modificata-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/modificata-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/modificata-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/modificata-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/modificata-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e91e95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e91e95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">PADUA, Italy (June 30, 2025) \u2013 Circular Materials announces\u00a0<strong>two major milestones\u00a0<\/strong>under the\u00a0<strong>Critical Raw Materials Act<\/strong>: the recovery from industrial wastewater of the\u00a0<strong>first kilogram of ruthenium<\/strong>\u00a0and the<strong>\u00a0first ton of nickel<\/strong>, preventing the release of heavy metals into the environment. These results were secured through strong collaborations with two leading companies in surface treatments:\u00a0<a href=\"\/en\/LEM INDUSTRIES SPA - Home Page - LEM INDUSTRIES SpA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LEM<\/strong><\/a>, core company of the LEM INDUSTRIES Group, specialized in the\u00a0<strong>luxury sector<\/strong>, and\u00a0<a href=\"\/en\/Argos ST: Leader nei Trattamenti e Rivestimenti Superficiali\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Argos Surface Technologies Group<\/strong><\/a>, a leader in\u00a0<strong>industrial coatings<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">This success comes just a few months after the\u00a0<strong>European Commission<\/strong>\u00a0recognized\u00a0<strong>Recover-IT<\/strong>\u00a0as a\u00a0<strong>strategic project<\/strong>, confirming the pivotal role of Circular Materials in securing\u00a0<strong>critical raw material supplies<\/strong>, increasing\u00a0<strong>recycling<\/strong>, and reducing the\u00a0<strong>EU\u2019s dependence on imports<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Ruthenium and Nickel: crucial metals for a sustainable future<br \/><\/strong>Ruthenium, a noble metal from the platinum group, is essential for\u00a0<strong>cutting-edge sectors\u00a0<\/strong>such as advanced electronics, green hydrogen production, fine chemicals, fuel cells, and luxury goods. Nickel, on the other hand, is a critical element, essential in advanced steels and lithium batteries \u2014pillars of the\u00a0<strong>energy transition<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Circular Materials\u2019 proprietary\u00a0<strong>SWaP (Supercritical Water Precipitation)<\/strong>\u00a0technology delivers exceptional\u00a0<strong>effectiveness<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>versatility<\/strong>\u00a0to recover\u00a0<strong>precious and industrially intensive metals<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>A revolutionary environmental impact: carbon negative and beyond<br \/><\/strong><strong>Life Cycle Assessment<\/strong>\u00a0(LCA) of the process applied to ruthenium and nickel reveals a remarkable\u00a0<strong>environmental benefit<\/strong>. For ruthenium, emissions are reduced by over\u00a0<strong>99.6%<\/strong>\u00a0compared to traditional mining. Even more impressive is the result for nickel: the\u00a0<strong>SWaP process<\/strong>\u00a0not only reduces emissions but becomes\u00a0<strong>carbon negative<\/strong>, actively avoiding the\u00a0<strong>total CO\u2082 production<\/strong>\u00a0associated with conventional methods.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201c<em>Circular Materials strengthens its\u00a0<strong>technological leadership<\/strong>\u00a0and, together with its partners, builds a solid and integrated circular supply chain capable of\u00a0<strong>transforming\u00a0industrial waste into new resources<\/strong>, preventing the\u00a0<strong>loss of critical materials<\/strong><\/em>,\u201d says\u00a0<strong>Marco Bersani, Founder &amp; CEO<\/strong>\u00a0of Circular Materials. \u201c<em>With the<strong>\u00a0industrial-scale recovery<\/strong>\u00a0of ruthenium and nickel, we are shaping a strategy that\u00a0<strong>reduces dependence\u00a0<\/strong>on external sources,\u00a0<strong>lowers the environmental impact\u00a0<\/strong>of production processes, and <strong>valorizes waste streams<\/strong> that until now have been dispersed<\/em>\u201d.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;<em>At Argos Surface Technologies, we see innovation and sustainability as two sides of the same coin, and our partnership with Circular Materials is a tangible example of what it means to create synergy within a circular economy framework. By providing our wastewater to enable the extraction of \u2018strategic\u2019 nickel, we are turning waste into a valuable resource for the energy transition. We are proud to contribute to this circular economy project, which demonstrates that every organization can play an active role by leveraging expertise, technology, and industrial vision.\u201d<\/em> says <strong>Andrea Siano, President of Argos Surface Technologies<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">In a global context marked by the\u00a0<strong>impacting scarcity of critical resources<\/strong>\u00a0and the need to ensure a\u00a0<strong>secure and sustainable supply, Circular Materials<\/strong>\u00a0stands out as a key player in a new European industrial paradigm focused on\u00a0<strong>recovering the resources the world needs most<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Circular Materials<\/strong><br \/>Circular Materials is a groundbreaking company with proprietary technology for the recovery of strategic metals from industrial wastewater through a\u00a0<strong>sustainable and highly efficient process<\/strong>. The company has developed and patented the\u00a0<strong>Supercritical Water Precipitation (SWaP) technology<\/strong>, which simultaneously treats wastewater and recovers metal, eliminating toxic sludge production and significantly reducing environmental impact, both in terms of waste and emissions.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"\/en\/Argos ST: Leader nei Trattamenti e Rivestimenti Superficiali\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Argos Surface Technologies<\/strong><\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/en\/LEM INDUSTRIES SPA - Home Page - LEM INDUSTRIES SpA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LEM<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Media contact:\u00a0<\/strong>Tiziana Sarto \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tiziana.sarto@circularmaterials.it\">tiziana.sarto@circularmaterials.it<\/a><\/p><p><strong>ITA<br \/><\/strong>PADOVA, Italia (30 giugno, 2025) \u2013 Circular Materials annuncia <strong>due importanti traguardi<\/strong> nell\u2019ambito del <strong>Critical Raw Materials Act<\/strong>: il recupero da reflui industriali del <strong>primo chilogrammo di rutenio e della prima tonnellata di nichel<\/strong>, evitando la dispersione nell\u2019ambiente di metalli pesanti. Questi risultati sono stati raggiunti grazie alla <strong>collaborazione con due<\/strong> <strong>aziende leader nei trattamenti superficiali<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemindustriesspa.com\/it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LEM<\/strong><\/a> azienda core del Gruppo LEM INDUSTRIES, specializzata nel settore del lusso, e il gruppo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.argos-st.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Argos Surface Technologies<\/strong><\/a>, punto di riferimento nei rivestimenti industriali.<\/p><p>Un successo che arriva a pochi mesi dal riconoscimento da parte della Commissione Europea di <strong>Recover-IT<\/strong> come progetto strategico, a conferma del ruolo chiave di Circular Materials nel garantire l\u2019approvvigionamento di materie prime critiche, incrementandone il riciclo e riducendo la dipendenza dell\u2019Unione dalle importazioni.<\/p><p><strong>Rutenio e Nichel: metalli cruciali per un futuro sostenibile<br \/><\/strong>Il <strong>rutenio<\/strong>, un nobile metallo del gruppo del platino, <strong>\u00e8 insostituibile per settori all&#8217;avanguardia<\/strong> come l&#8217;elettronica avanzata, la produzione di idrogeno verde, la chimica fine, le celle a combustibile e il comparto del lusso. Il <strong>nichel<\/strong>, invece, \u00e8 un elemento critico, componente essenziale negli acciai speciali e nelle batterie al litio, pilastri della <strong>transizione energetica<\/strong>.<\/p><p>La tecnologia proprietaria <strong>SWaP (Supercritical Water Precipitation)<\/strong> di Circular Materials si dimostra <strong>estremamente efficace e versatile<\/strong>, capace di recuperare <strong>sia metalli preziosi che quelli ad alta intensit\u00e0 di utilizzo industriale<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>Un impatto ambientale rivoluzionario: carbon Negative e oltre<br \/><\/strong>L&#8217;<strong>analisi del ciclo di vita<\/strong> (LCA) del processo applicato a rutenio e nichel rivela un <strong>vantaggio ambientale straordinario<\/strong>. Per il rutenio, osserviamo una <strong>riduzione di oltre il 99.6% delle emissioni<\/strong> rispetto all&#8217;estrazione mineraria tradizionale. Ancora pi\u00f9 sorprendente \u00e8 il risultato per il nichel: <strong>il processo SWaP<\/strong> non solo riduce le emissioni, ma diventa <strong>carbon negative<\/strong>, contribuendo attivamente alla mancata <strong>produzione di CO<\/strong><strong>\u2082<\/strong><strong> totale<\/strong> prevista con i metodi convenzionali.<\/p><p>\u201d<em>Circular Materials rafforza la propria <strong>leadership tecnologica<\/strong> e, insieme ai suoi partner, costruisce una filiera circolare solida e integrata, <strong>capace di trasformare scarti industriali in nuove risorse<\/strong>, <strong>evitando la dispersione di materiali strategici<\/strong>,<\/em>\u201d afferma <strong>Marco Bersani, Founder &amp; CEO di Circular Materials<\/strong>. &#8220;<em>Con il <strong>recupero su<\/strong> <strong>scala industriale<\/strong> di rutenio e nichel, diamo forma a una strategia <strong>capace di ridurre la dipendenza<\/strong> da fonti esterne, <strong>abbattere l\u2019impatto ambientale<\/strong> dei processi produttivi e <strong>valorizzare flussi di scarto<\/strong> fino ad oggi inutilizzati\u201d.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u201cPer noi di Argos Surface Technologies, innovazione e sostenibilit\u00e0 sono due facce della stessa medaglia e la collaborazione con Circular Materials \u00e8 un esempio concreto di cosa significhi fare sinergia in ottica di economia circolare: cedere le nostre acque reflue affinch\u00e9 da esse venga estratto nichel \u201cstrategico\u201d significa trasformare uno scarto in una risorsa preziosa per la transizione energetica. Siamo orgogliosi di poter contribuire a questo progetto di economia circolare, segno che ogni realt\u00e0 pu\u00f2 avere un ruolo attivo mettendo a sistema competenze, tecnologie e visione industriale.\u201d<\/em> commenta <strong>Andrea Siano, Presidente di Argos Surface Technologies.<\/strong><\/p><p>In un contesto globale segnato dalla <strong>crescente scarsit\u00e0 di risorse critiche<\/strong> e dalla necessit\u00e0 di <strong>garantire un approvvigionamento sicuro e sostenibile<\/strong>, <strong>Circular Materials<\/strong> si conferma protagonista di un nuovo paradigma industriale europeo, focalizzato sul <strong>recupero delle risorse di cui il mondo ha maggior bisogno.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Circular Materials<br \/><\/strong>Circular Materials offre una tecnologia rivoluzionaria per il recupero dei metalli strategici dai reflui industriali attraverso un <strong>processo sostenibile ed efficiente<\/strong>. L&#8217;azienda ha sviluppato e brevettato la tecnologia <strong>Supercritical Water Precipitation (SWaP)<\/strong>, in grado di trattare acque reflue e recuperare simultaneamente i metalli disciolti, eliminando la produzione di fanghi tossici e il relativo impatto ambientale. <a href=\"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/en\/\">www.circularmaterials.it<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"\/en\/Argos ST: Leader nei Trattamenti e Rivestimenti Superficiali\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Argos Surface Technologies<\/strong><\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/en\/LEM INDUSTRIES SPA - Home Page - LEM INDUSTRIES SpA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LEM<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><strong>Contatto media<\/strong>: Tiziana Sarto <a href=\"mailto:tiziana.sarto@circularmaterials.it\">tiziana.sarto@circularmaterials.it<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PADUA, Italy (June 30, 2025) \u2013 Circular Materials announces\u00a0two major milestones\u00a0under the\u00a0Critical Raw Materials Act: the recovery from industrial wastewater of the\u00a0first kilogram of ruthenium\u00a0and the\u00a0first ton of nickel, preventing the release of heavy metals into the environment. These results were secured through strong collaborations with two leading companies in surface treatments:\u00a0LEM, core company of&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/en\/from-waste-to-strategic-metals-circular-materials-achieves-first-industrial-scale-recoveries-under-the-critical-raw-materials-act\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">From Waste to Strategic Metals: Circular Materials Achieves First Industrial-Scale Recoveries Under the Critical Raw Materials Act<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-4449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senza-categoria","tag-team"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4449"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4462,"href":"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449\/revisions\/4462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.circularmaterials.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}