To develop a set of scalable and tuneable unit operations, to be built as integrated processing plant, featuring the capacity to treat multiple process wastes deriving from primary mineral and metallurgical (primary and secondary) streams. The unit operations are:
Apart from the technical work carried out within the HEPHAESTUS project, which aims to develop near-zero-waste recycling technologies for EAF and AOD dusts, another important
The HEPHAESTUS project held an online Steering Committee meeting on 7 July 2026, marking Month 50 of the project. Originally planned for a duration of
In June 2026, Liubov (Liuba) Lukina, Communication and Dissemination Manager of the HEPHAESTUS project, participated in the Astana Mining & Metallurgy Congress (AMM 2026) and
On 3 June 2026, representatives of the HEPHAESTUS project travelled to Helsinki, Finland, to take part in the event “To Mine or Not To Mine
Steel might not always make the list of “critical raw materials,” but it’s absolutely critical to Europe’s future – supporting everything from wind turbines to
Elena Matveeva, Policy Manager, and Peter Tom Jones, Innovation Manager at SOLVOMET KU Leuven, have just returned from the EIT RawMaterials Summit 2026, where they
