STILLMETAL project develops a sustainable process to convert foundries slag into ferroalloys. It solves the problem of slag landfill disposal, transforming a cost into a revenue and increasing competiveness and independence from raw materials supply. Know-how belongs to OPIGEO (SME specialized in slag valorisation), to UNIPD and ZAG, whereas ITALGHISA (SME ferrolloys leading supplier) possesses trade secret. ZEROCENTO will be the 1st customer building the industrial plant (TRL9).

SUMMED-PV aims to educate students on raw material key aspects related to Photovoltaic(PV) technology and to all the devices, circuits and systems allowing to maximise PV array performance and to integrate it with the grid, including electronics, storage and electrical equipment.The three one-week-long editions will be hosted in Milano,Salerno and Köthen,with a estimated audience of 60-80 attendees each; they will be challenge- based with a strong commitment from industries and research centers.

Built on existing strong minerals exploration MSc programmes, the project provides a joint education with add-on entrepreneurship skills. Based on a gap analysis, mineral resources exploration, focusing on field activities and sustainability performance does not exist in the portfolio of EIT-Labelled master programmes. The consortium led by and having RIS-universities will involve non-academic partners in program development and implementation.

UMANE (Universities for huMAN-centered Entrepreneurship) project is aimed at fostering institutional change and developing innovative services and methodology to support human-centered innovation and entrepreneurship within the universities of the consortium. UMANE will allow HEIs to undertake the necessary institutional change adopting a methodology that mimics the two-stage process of human-centered innovation: exploration and prototyping.

Exploration refers to the first phase of the project, the exposure to the human-centered approach that will help HEIs to adopt a new approach and reframe existing activities. Prototyping refers to the second phase of the project, the re-design phase that will allow HEIs to enhance the entrepreneurial mindset, programs and activities, organizational mechanisms, and structures.

More specifically, the consortium’s main objectives are to:

- develop and share a human-centered methodology to innovation and entrepreneurship within the consortium;

- re-design and implement innovation and entrepreneurial educational programs based on human-centered methodology;

- develop support tools, mechanisms, and services in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship within each HEI that can lead to a mindset change;

- develop a set of KPIs able to measure those competencies generated and the new mindset activated by the initiative, both at personal and organizational level;

- develop impact-driven international partnerships between HEIs, triangle partners, and business;

- strengthen collaborations with local nodes of EIT KICs, such as Raw Material, Manufacturing, and develop new linkages with other EIT KICs, such as Digital, Climate, and InnoEnergy KICs.

The V0T3D project aims to robotize the RM sector by introducing modern methods and innovative solutions for the optimization of underground ventilation with the main aim of reducing electricity consumption by 1,5%. V0T3D will try to get into a USD 326 million market with a CAGR of 4.3% during the forecast period from 2019-2024 and gain a 5% market share by exploiting emerging technologies to reduce costs (up to 2 mln € annually) for key mining operations and provide a safer working environment.

The Project Description and the annual Business Plan, approved in the BlueBook system, apply

VALORE will upscale a novel process for the recovery of vanadium and gallium as by-products from an alumina refinery. The core of the innovation is a patented ion-exchange material showing superior selectivity and stability. Pilot scale production will be done in an industrial environment generating a yearly outcome of 80 ton vanadium and 50 ton gallium when successfully deployed at industrial scale at the refinery of MYTILINEOS.

WEEE-NET will improve the capacities of WEEE value chains in the RIS region to recover CRMs by transferring innovative technological solutions and know-how to key players in the region. Partners will: a) set up a novel WEEE recycling business ecosystem in SI, HU, GR, PL, CZ, RO, b) infuse it with an innovative mixture of gravitational, hydro and bio metallurgical technologies, and c) stimulate business development and R&D by directly providing support services to RIS market players.