SUPREEMO is a European project funded under the Horizon Europe programme with a budget of €7.0 million. SUPREEMO aims to establish the first pre-commercial Rare Earth Elements (REEs) production value chain (TRL7) by utilising Europe (EU) primary resources as feedstock, and developing sustainable, cost-competitive processing, refining and Rare Earth (RE) Permanent Magnet (PM) production technologies in a responsible way complying with local and international safety regulations. SUPREEMO will exploit the primary resources from major EU sites: Fen deposit Norway (largest carbonatite deposit in EU) with >200 Mt grading 1.2-1.5 % Total Rare Earth Oxides. The project will capitalize on the knowledge generated by previous R&D projects and will tackle all the remaining technical challenges along the entire value chain. During phase 1, the partners will optimise the stand alone technologies to elucidate the final integrated process flowsheet with the best processing parameters in phase 2, guided by LCA and LCCA. This will be validated at the piloting activities in phase 3. Finally, the production of 50-100 kg of REO at similar cost to commercial value from Chinese production will be demonstrated at TRL7 by processing ~ 10 tonne of ores, and the production of Rare Earth Alloy for the manufacturing of 50 kg PMs. Results will be communicated and disseminated to key stakeholders and a first business plan will be set to attract more investors and stimulate a competitive, resilient and sustainable REEs production value chain ready for full-scale deployment in the EU market.
This project received funding from the European Union, through its research and innovation programme - Horizon Europe, under grant agreement No 101138353.
Find out more about the project on its website: https://www.supreemo-project.eu/
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Awards
- Horizon Europe
- European Commission