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

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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.

K. Komnitsas, Socio-environmental aspects related to the Implementation of strategic projects, 2025 OECD Conference of Mining Regions and Cities, June 2025 (download).

S. Luukkanen et al., AVANTIS– sustainable, decarbonised vanadium, titanium and iron extraction from europe’s low-grade vanadium-bearing titanomagnetite deposits, 2025 OECD Conference of Mining Regions and Cities, June 2025 (download)

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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).