Sustainable, decarbonised co-extraction of vanadium and titanium minerals from Europe's low-grade vanadium-bearing titanomagnetite deposits - AVANTIS

Science Communication

AVANTIS supported documentaries:

Europe’s Mining Renaissance

In this 22-minute documentary Peter Tom Jones (Director KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals - SIM2 KU Leuven) searches for answers to Europe’s seemingly problematic relationship with primary mining of energy transition metals.

Made in Europe: from mine to electric vehicle

A tsunami of cheap electric vehicles from China could lead to a nightmarish de-industrialisation in Europe. Dr Peter Tom Jones, a well known climate author, is convinced that Europe has to take the full value chain back in its own hands, from mine to electric vehicle. He undertakes a road trip in the Nordic countries to visit iconic mines and show best practices. He talks to the indigenous Sami people and to European leaders.

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Published abstracts:

K. Komnitsas, Kostas, T. Eerola, Public Acceptance and Responsible Mining towards Energy Transition, SDIMI: https://www.sdimi2024.org/ (a joint EXCEED-AVANTIS effort).

A. Piestrzyński, W. Zygo, K. Foltyn, G. Kozub-Budzyń, AGH Kraków, W. Geologii, G. i Ochrony Środowiska, Surowce krytyczne dla Europy, złoża rud Ti-Fe-V Ukrainy Critical elements for Europe, Ti-Fe-V deposit in Ukraine, Geological Congress, June 2024.

M. Markkanen, T. Chernet,  T. Karinen, R. M. Michallik., E. Heilimo, Hydrothermal alteration and its effects on Ti-V deportment and processing of the Middle Ore Layer (MOL) from the Mustavaara Fe-Ti-V deposit, Finland. GeoDays 2025 seminar at University of Oulu (Finland), March 2025.

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  • Press Release SIM²/SOLVOMET KU Leuven, Horizon Europe ENICON, EXCEED, AVANTIS, CICERO & LITHOS – Prometia – 15 March 2024 (READ)
  • Policy brief by AVANTiS General Coordinator, Dr. Peter Tom Jones – “Why Europe must act now to change public perception of mining”
    (READ).