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Jens Gutzmer, Andreas Klossek I Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology I www.hzdr.de/hif
The Helmholtz Institute Freiberg –
Resource Technology „Made in Germany“
PDAC 2012
Jens Gutzmer, Andreas Klossek
Toronto, 07.March 2012
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Innovation and technology is an increasingly effective
way to find new resources in a sustainable way.
Tom Albanese, CEO Rio Tinto
November, 2010
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Technological quantum leap needed
• Increasing global demand for mineral resources
• Decreasing discovery rate
• Deposits in challenging environments
• Decreasing grades
• Complex and fine-grained ores
• Demand for ‘new’ metals
• Environmental impact and public acceptance –
Sustainability
• Long project development pipeline
Key Challenges for the Resource Industry
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Background Vision
The institute will become the national (European)
centre for researching and developing
technologies designed to assure and safeguard
the steady supply of mineral and metalliferous
raw materials for the German (and European)
economy.
Goals
• Development of new technologies
• Contribution to environmental protection and
sustainability
• Establishing meaningful economic relations
between European industry and resource-
rich countries
• Training of a new generation of resource
industry professionals for industry and
academia
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Building Research Competence
• Founded August 2011 as a Helmholtz Institute being part of the Helmholtz Society
• Funded by national government (90%) and Free State of Saxony (10 %)
• Currently 16 staff members – aimed to expand to 100 by 2015
• Analytical and technical infrastructure currently shared with TU Bergakademie
Freiberg and HZDR – own infrastructure available by end of 2013
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
The Resources University. Since 1765.
Geosciences
Resource Technology
Material Sciences
Energy
Environment
Research on
resource technologies
Material Sciences
Metal Geochemistry
Fluid Dynamics
Analytics
Helmholtz-Centre Dresden-Rossendorf
Resource Ecology
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Focus on Critical Metal and Mineral Resources
Analytics
Modelling
& Valuation
Metallurgy
& Recycling
Processing
Mining Exploration
Recycling of rare earth magnets
Processing of complex domestic resources
Distribution of high technology metals (Ge, Ga, In) in conventional and unconventional raw materials
Biosorption, Bioleaching
REE resources from exploration over processing and metallurgy to analytics
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Fe Al
Mg
Ti
Sn
Ni
Cu
Pb
Zn
Cr
Mn
Ag
Au
PGM
Ga
Ge
In
Cd
Co
As
Bi Pd
Ni Rh Ir
Os
Co
Ru
Bi As
Pt
Se
Te
Ag
Au Pb
Mo
Zn
Fe
Ca/Si Hg
Sb
Mg
Mn
Fe
Cu
Hg
Sb
Ti
Ca/Si
Ca/Si
V
Al
Fe
Mg
Mg
Pb
Ca/Si
Al Cu Co Fe
Ni As
Pb Zn
Al V
Sn Mg
Mn Cu Cr Ti
As
V Ga
Li
Mn
Cu Fe
Zn
Cr
Ti
Cl
B
Mn
Br
Fe
Ni
Al
V
Nb Cr
Fe
Sn
Al
Mg
Mn
Zr
Ta
Ag In
Au Cu
Ag
Pt
Ru Te
Os
Ir
Co
Se
Rh
W
Bi Sb
Cu
Zn
As
Nb Pb
Ta Mg
Fe
Hg
Ca/Si
Cr
Sb
As
Sulfide+ Oxide
ores Sulfide ores
Oxidic ores
Major metal
By-products
Strategies for Utilization of ‘New’ Metals (Ge, Ga, In) as By-
products in Different Mineral Resource Types
Sources: Reuter et al., Verhoef et al.
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Selective Bond
Bioleaching at Talvivaara Mine, Finland:
• Prod./a.: 33 kt Ni, 1,2 kt Co, 10 kt Cu,
60 kt Zn
• Duration: 5 years
• Recovery: 98%
Potentials of Biosorption:
• High selectivity
• Environmental friendly
• Coupled with bioleaching ?
Bioleaching and Biosorption: Energy and Resource Efficient
Source: www.mining-technology.com
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Opportunities for Collaboration
For research institutions and universities
• Large research projects (funded by public research grants or by industry)
• Exchange of academic staff and students (funded by HGF, DAAD)
• Use of unique infrastructure (funded by HIF, HGF, or DAAD)
For industry
• Research projects of fundamental character, capitalizing on unique
expertise and infrastructure
• Development of innovative technologies
• Strategic technology advice
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