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Prof. Gian Andrea Blengini University of Turin –Earth Sciences Department (DST) Via Valperga Caluso, 35–10125 Torino, Italy Il progetto Horizon Europe METALLICO The COOL-Process a holistic recycling approach for lithium recovery HEU METALLICO 2 Project name “ Demonstration of battery metals recovery from primary and secondary resources through a sustainable processing methodology ” Total budget European contribution 13, 033, 408.00 € 11, 798, 783.25 € Start and end date 1 JANUARY 2023 – 31 DECEMBER 2026 Funding programme HORIZON EUROPE – HORIZON - CL4 - 2022 - RESILIENCE - 01 Project coordinator IDENER RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AIE Contact of coordinators María González - Moya Jiménez & Ana Lara Quijano ( [email protected] – a [email protected] ) 09.12.2025 3 METALLICO –Partners HEU METALLICO 21 PARTNERS 9 COUNTRIES 09.12.2025 4 METALLICO –Main objective The main objective of METALLICO is to develop SUSTAINABLE strategies for processing PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESOURCES to obtain CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS mainly for battery manufacturing but also other uses. HEU METALLICO Socially accepted Tecno-economically viable Environmentally friendly 5 + Replication case studies 09.12.2025 5 METALLICO –CASE STUDIES 1A) COBRE LAS CRUCES (Spain) “TAILCO process ” 1. Optimising TAILCO process for Co production 2. Validation of the process at pilot scale 3. Validation of Co(OH)2 Tailored for Co extraction from secondary tailings from the Cu hydrometallurgical production HEU METALLICO 09.12.2025 6 METALLICO –CASE STUDIES 1B) COBRE LAS CRUCES (Spain) “PURGES process ” 1. Optimising PURGES process for Co production 2. Validation of the process at pilot scale 3. Validation of Cobalt sulphate Tailored for Co extraction from secondary purges from polymetallurgical refining processes Raw Mat Event 2023 - Athens 09.12.2025 7 METALLICO –CASE STUDIES 2) THARSIS MINING (Spain) “COMAN process ” 1. Optimising COMAN process for Co and Mn production 2. Validation of the process at pilot scale 3. Validation of CoNiS, MnS, CuS, Mn(OH)2, CoNiCu(OH)2 in battery cathodes Tailored for Co, Mn, Cu extraction from tailings generated in sulfuric acid production HEU METALLICO 09.12.2025 8 METALLICO –CASE STUDIES 3) LITHIUM IBERIA (Spain) “COOL+ process ” 1. Optimising COOL process for Lithium carbonate production 2. Validation of the process at pilot scale 3. Validation of Lithium carbonate products in different industries Tailored for Lithium carbonate production from primary sources of spodumene , lepidolite , ziinwaldite and petalite from Lithium Iberia simples and replication to other Lithium deposits outside EU Raw Mat Event 2023 - Athens 09.12.2025 9 METALLICO –CASE STUDIES 4) KHGM (Poland) “CONI process ” 1. Optimising CONI process 2. Validation of the process at pilot scale 3. Validation of CoNi(OH)2, Cu(OH)2 in battery catodes Tailored for metal recovery from secondary sources generated in lead hydrometallurgical processes HEU METALLICO