Tecnalia provides technological solutions for waste management and recovery of valuable materials from waste using hydrometallurgy, ionic liquids-based extractive metallurgy, and pyrometallurgy technologies. They have infrastructure from lab to pilot scale for waste treatment and metal recovery processes. Their achievements include projects recovering rare earth elements, cobalt, platinum, and other metals from waste streams and low-grade ores.

1. WASTE
Recovery of valuable elements (metals)
Economic benefits
RESOURCE
Hydrometallurgical
Pyrometallurgical
Ionometallurgical
Reduction of landfill costs
Diminishing mining for primary sources
Environmental benefits
Avoiding waste disposal
Technologies and processes
WASTE VALORISATION
Facilities for 10L scale synthesis of ionic liquids
including characterization techniques | Pilot scale
reactors for extraction and pilot scale cells for
electrodeposition | Hydrometallurgical treatment
reactors and pilot plant
Waste treatment furnaces from lab scale to
pilot/demo to work at a range of temperatures and
controlled atmosphere | Plasma pilot plant | High
pressure high temperature lab scale Parr reactor
Standarized overhead shaker, up-flow percolation
test and equipment for leaching tests | Analytical
facilities for processes control, characterization of ILs
properties and performance for electrochemical
applications | etc.
Electrodeposition of Zn, Cr and Zn alloys in DES
(FP6 IONMET)
Recovery of Rare Earth from waste (WEEE and iron
ore indelementsustry tailings (FP6 REECOVER, FP6
Remaghic; H2020 REE4EU)
Compact systems for the recovery of Cobalt
(H2020 Crocodile)
(Critical) Metal recovery from low grade ores and
waste (H2020 MetGrow Plus)
Recycling Platinum group metals from autocatalyst
WEEE and tailings (H2020 PLATIRUS)
Ionic Liquids as innovative solution for a
sustainable economy in the Basque Country (LION)
Contact info:
Dr. Amal Siriwardana
amal.siriwardana@tecnalia.com | M:+34 667 178 971
www.tecnalia.com
Providing technological solutions that meet customer needs in
waste management obtaining value from waste and targeting
zero landfill. These solutions are supported by hydrometallurgy,
ionic liquids* based extractive metallurgy and pyrometallurgy
technologies.
* Ionic liquids are salts of low temperature melting points which
have negligible vapor pressure, wide thermal and
electrochemical stability, are environmental benign and
non-corrosive.
from lab to pilot
ACHIEVEMENTS
INFRASTRUCTURE