TUDelft is the oldest Dutch technical university. The Section Resources & Recycling (within the Department of Engineering Structures) is best known for its innovations in solid waste recycling. In the past 10 years, EU-, national- and industry-funded research on innovative physical separation principles led to a dozen new process concepts, of which more than half found their way into existing industries or TU Delft spinouts. This has gained R&R considerable experience in circular innovations: in recycling high-grade materials, steel and stainless, concrete, non-ferrous and precious metals, plastics, rare earth (electronics) and phosphate, from what the market often perceived as low-grade waste flows.
Main tasks and responsibilities in the project:
To develop effective sorting technologies of crushed ore with different sizes for efficient removal of gangue materials with minimum REEs loss.
