Technologies for innovative processing of raw materials (IA)
Increased recovery rates of valuable raw materials, particularly critical raw materials from low grade or complex ores and/or from mining waste; Increased economic performance in terms of higher material-, water-, energy- and cost-efficiency and flexibility in minerals processing and metallurgical processes; and Improved health, safety and environmental performance of the operations throughout the whole life cycle…
Funding and competition
- 4grants expected (official)
- €10M–€12.5MEU contribution per project
- €7.3Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.
Organisations with a track record in this topic
Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation Donostia/San Sebastian | Spain | Research organisation | 11 | 3 | REPTiS, RAWMINA, TARANTULA |
| Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas Madrid | Spain | Research organisation | 6 | 0 | TransZeroWaste, SCIMIN-CRM, ICARUS |
| Cobre Las Cruces Sa Gerena | Spain | Company | 5 | 1 | BLOOM, INTMET, RAWMINA |
| Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya Barcelona | Spain | University | 4 | 2 | BLOOM, METALLICO, SEA4VALUE |
| Idener Research & Development Aie Sevilla | Spain | Research organisation | 3 | 1 | BLOOM, METALLICO, PHOTORAMA |
| Asociacion Espanola De Normalizacion Madrid | Spain | Other | 3 | 0 | SCIMIN-CRM, CarMine, TERRAVISION |
| Asociacion Nacional De Empresarios Fabricantes De Aridos Madrid | Spain | Other · SME | 2 | 2 | ROTATE, SCIMIN-CRM |
| Tharsis Mining Sociedad Limitada La Rinconada | Spain | Company · SME | 3 | 0 | RAWMINA, METALLICO, TERRAVISION |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 17partners (median)
- 9countries (median)
- 26%of partners are SMEs
Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.
Most similar funded projects
Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.
- BLOOM – Liberation analysis for optimizing extraction and processing of crms (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-11)
- REPTiS – REPTiS: Responsible Extraction and Processing of Titanium and other Primary Raw Materials for Sourcing EU Industrial Value Chains and Strategic Sectors (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-11)
- ROTATE – Circular ecological essential & critical raw materials (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-20)
- LITHOS – Cost-effective processing and refining of lithium into lithium hydroxide from strategic European multi-mineral lithium hard-rock projects (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-03)
- INTMET – Integrated innovative metallurgical system to benefit efficiently polymetallic, complex and low grade ores and concentrates (H2020 · 2016 · SC5-11e-2015)
- FutuRaM – Future Availability of Secondary Raw Materials (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-03)
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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.