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:
SIM2 KU Leuven has launched a new podcast on the global geopolitics of critical raw materials: RAW MATTERS. The pilot episode was launched on 21 February 2026.
From 25 to 27 November 2025, HEPHAESTUS was represented at the 12th PROMETIA Scientific Seminar in Naples, Italy. The event was organised by PROMETIA and
HEPHAESTUS partner Solvomet KU Leuven participated in the European Raw Materials Week 2025 in Brussels from 17 to 21 November. The week gathered representatives from
On 5-6 November 2025, partners of the HEPHAESTUS project, NTUA, Admiris and Larco, took part in the 10th edition of the Greek Raw Materials Community
Dr. Efthymios Balomenos has spent almost two decades as a post-doc researcher at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). His career began with a
On 22 July 2025, the HEPHAESTUS consortium gathered in Vibo Marina, Calabria region in Italy, for its second project review meeting, marking 36 months of
