The EU-funded Sea4Value project (GA no. N°869703) is the first attempt to recover minerals and metals from brines produced in seawater desalination plants in a cost-effective way.
The main focus will be on separating, concentrating and crystallising Molybdenum, Magnesium, Scandium, Vanadium, Gallium, Boron, Indium, Lithium, Rubidium and Calcium from brines, where they can be found in low concentrations. To do that, a multimineral and modular process is developed for brine mining. The implementation of brine mining in seawater desalination plants offers new business opportunities, which can bring value to markets, environment, and society. The CWA which will be developed by this CEN/WS aims to provide guidance and recommendations on best practices for sustainable brine mining to ensure transfer of innovation into practice.
Moreover, the document will provide recommendations on good practice approaches, advice on the requirements of circularity in SWDP as well as considerations on environmental and economic impacts and evaluation. Besides the recommendations for the process of brine mining, recommendations will also be made for the recovered product, the minerals and metals, to ensure that the new products meet the market demand.
The secretariat is held by UNI, the Italian Standardization Body, Mr Mario Gallo.
The kick-off meeting will be held on Wednesday, 31st January 2023, from 10.00 to 12.30 CET as a virtual meeting.
The Workshop participation will be open to all interested parties. Interested parties are kindly requested to submit comments on the draft Project Plan via the 'Commenting form' (see below) until 22 January 2024 and to register to the workshop by completing the 'registration form' (see below) and sending it by an email to the workshop secretary Mr Mario GALLO (mario.gallo@uni.com)
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