Nordic Salt Cycle utilizes a molten salt process to recover critical and strategic minerals, providing a low-cost and scalable solution for mineral recycling. This technology addresses Europe's reliance on imported minerals by enhancing local supply security and supporting the transition to a mineral-based economy.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Europe relies heavily on imports for critical and strategic minerals, creating supply chain vulnerabilities and hindering the transition to a mineral-based economy. Traditional mining practices have environmental impacts, and the end-of-life recycling input rate for many critical materials remains low.
Solution
Nordic Salt Cycle offers a low-cost, flexible, and scalable molten salt process for recovering critical and strategic minerals from various feedstocks, including battery chemistries and industrial black mass. This technology enhances local supply security by reintroducing vital minerals into the value chain, reducing the need for imports. The modular plant design allows for co-location at existing recycling and refining facilities, enabling efficient processing of multiple battery chemistries with a small footprint and low capital expenditure. The process produces metal alloys competitive with pyrometallurgy, but with significantly reduced energy usage. By increasing recycling capacity and capability, Nordic Salt Cycle contributes to Europe's energy independence, economic resilience, and environmental sustainability.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes recycling and refining facilities, battery manufacturers, and other industries seeking a secure and sustainable supply of critical and strategic minerals.
Features
- Molten salt process for efficient recovery of critical and strategic minerals
- Flexible feedstock processing, including all main battery chemistries (e.g., LFP) and industrial black mass
- Modular, scalable plant design for co-location at existing facilities
- Low capital expenditure compared to traditional mineral processing plants
- Reduced energy usage compared to pyrometallurgical methods
- Production of metal alloys competitive with pyrometallurgy
- Patent-pending technology