Kobelco Eco-Solutions and VTT announce cooperation in development of novel environmental technology
Kobelco Eco-Solutions (KES) and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) have signed an agreement on cooperation to develop new environmental solutions which are especially related to water and waste issues. The agreement was signed in December 2012 and will be valid for five years. One of the partners’ objectives is to develop cost-effective and ecological technologies for exploiting waste materials in order to produce new raw materials. Certain waste waters, for example, may contain small amounts of precious metals or other scarce materials. In the case of noteworthy total