E-Newsletter #4 out now!

18 June, 2026

The 4th METALLICO e-newsletter is out now and packed with news from the project! All the pilot plants where the five innovative processes are being tested are now up and running. In this edition of the newsletter, you can find out more about the current status of each pilot plant. In addition, work is progressing on the ‘Battery Metals Inventory’. This is a tool designed to gather key information about resources that may contain valuable metals for batteries. You can also look forward to new podcast episodes, our videos from the METALLICO webinar series, and further articles and announcements from the project! 

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METALLICO M42 Consortium Meeting in Barcelona

18 June, 2026

­From 9 - 10 June, 2026, the METALLICO Consortium met in Barcelona, Spain. Since 42 month, the METALLICO project is working on fostering sustainable recovery strategies for (critical) battery metals and their reuse. During the meeting, the partners discussed their progress and talked about the next steps as well as upcoming challenges. Further, the partners visited the facilities of CETAQUA to see the PURGES pilot plant. 

Watch now: METALLICO Webinar on "How Reactors for Leaching and Bioleaching are working"

1 April, 2026

What makes leaching and bioleaching truly work? The answer lies in reactor design. This webinar dives into the science behind mixing, mass transfer, and (bio)reactor performance – revealing how smart design decisions can boost extraction efficiency and sustainability. Drawing on insights from Horizon Europe projects, the webinar will discuss current research and emerging strategies addressing these reactor design challenges.

You can now watch the whole webinar on YouTube!

Part 1       Part 2