Critical metals can be profitably recovered from low-grade ores and waste
Press release 12 May, 2020 Critical and economically significant metals, such as cobalt and nickel, can be recovered profitably from metal refining wastes as well as ores with lower than usual concentrations. This was demonstrated by an EU project coordinated by VTT, which developed new and combined existing recovery methods. Various stakeholders interested in using low-grade ores and waste can evaluate the valorization of raw-material streams with the webtool developed in the project.The production of batteries, wind turbines and stainless steel requires valuable metals, and European