Elements08 Strategic Metals Excellence Centre: A productive year for 2019-2020
In order to provide sustainable environmental solutions to concrete issues related to critical and strategic minerals, Elements08 has launched several promising projects since its creation in March 2018. / Afin d’apporter des solutions environnementales durables à des préoccupations concrètes liées aux minéraux critiques et stratégiques, Éléments08 a lancé, depuis sa création en mars 2018, plusieurs projets prometteurs.
scientific approach to meet the needs identified, as well as to finance part of the work through various contributions and to seek additional funding leverage from government granting
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ver the past year, the Elements08 Strategic Metals Excellence Centre has laid the groundwork for an innovative research program aimed at the responsible and sustainable exploitation of critical
and strategic minerals (CSM). Established thanks to the support of the Quebec Ministry of Economy and Innovation (MEI) with funding of $7.5 million over five years, Elements08 is the result of a collaboration between the
agencies.
Promising projects In order to provide sustainable environmental solutions to concrete issues related to critical and strategic minerals, Elements08 has launched several promising projects since its creation in March 2018. These fall within one of the three research axes of the Centre of Excellence, covering the whole process of mineral development. The overall impact of these projects is currently estimated
Institut de recherche en mines et en environnement (IRME) of the
at $1,731,267, with a funding ratio of nearly 10:1. Soon halfway
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), the Cégep
through the agreement, the centre has practically already
de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue (CAT), and the Centre technologique
achieved the expected objectives in terms of contribution by
des residus industriels (CTRI). The Centre of Excellence benefits
institutional partners.
from the combined expertise of researchers attached to each
A mutualized technological platform
of the three partners. Together, they form a multidisciplinary
Based in Rouyn-Noranda, Elements08 benefits from
and experienced team able to support companies or partners
state-of-the-art infrastructures and highly specialized
working in the field of CSM in identifying their needs, including
equipment, including a multi-function geometallurgical and
technological challenges, and advising/assisting it in the definition
environmental characterization laboratory, as well as pilot
of its expectations and mandates. It is also able to develop a
scale and semi-industrial mineral processing plants.
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