Project: UTILIZATION OF ALUMINIUM BEARING RAW MATERIALS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALUMINIUM METAL, OTHER METALS AND COMPOUNDS
| Acronym | ABtomat (Reference Number: JTC-2021_131) |
| Project Topic | Bauxite is the primary ore in World primary aluminium production. About 90% of global bauxite supplies are found in tropical and subtropical areas. Bauxite was announced as a critical raw material in the CRM list 2020 of the EU. Bauxite has critical importance for the sustainability of the European economy and industry. The reserve of Bauxite is declining, its quality is degrading, and availability decreasing. Importance of ensuring a sufficient and secure supply of Bauxite, or finding an adequate replacement, is key to maintaining the EU's independence and self-sufficiency. While producing alumina compounds from Bauxite, the dross and red mud are the waste-by-product from the processes. Disposal and resource utilisation of red mud is restricted due to its high alkalinity and harmful elements. ABTOMAT aims to find and assess Bauxite alternatives, considering regional characteristics in Central Europe and Turkey, focussing on the design and development of multi-products flexible metallurgical processes for Alumina, A2O3 -based compounds and Aluminium production from lowgrade raw and secondary materials. The diaspore, dross, red mud, clay, dust, and topaz are analysed. The emphasis will be placed on the holistic approaches related to the circular economy, zero-waste and Life Cycle Cost Assessment (LCCA) principles. ABTOMAT investigates the novel concepts that decrease environ. the footprint of primary aluminium production through dross utilisation as raw material and red mud as bed material, oxygen carrier and catalyst in biomass gasification to promote biomass conversion and thereby efficient recovering Fe and other metals. Further, The ABTOMAT will deliver an LCCA framework, a unique data set, and a business model to establish symbiotic multi-products production systems in the Czech Republic and Turkey. It also strengthens Sweden’s climate initiatives by providing waste materials that can be used in clean energy conversion to recover valuable materials from it. |
| Network | ERA-MIN3 |
| Call | ERA-MIN3 Joint Call 2021 |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Chemistry and Technology Prague | Coordinator | Czech Republic |
| 2 | Royal Institute of Technology | Partner | Sweden |
| 3 | Istanbul Technical University | Partner | Türkiye |
| 4 | Yeditepe University | Partner | Türkiye |
| 5 | ETI Aluminyum | Partner | Türkiye |
| 6 | United Energy, a. s. | Partner | Czech Republic |
| 7 | Bowmen Consulting, s. r. o. | Partner | Czech Republic |
| 8 | Sokolovská uhelná, právní nástupce, a.s. | Partner | Czech Republic |
| 9 | AV EKO Color, s. r. o. | Partner | Czech Republic |
| 10 | Public University of Navarra (UPNA) | Partner | Spain |
| 11 | TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | Partner | Estonia |
| 12 | Arslan Aluminyum | Partner | Türkiye |