Purpose and goal
Sure-Mag aims to investigate opportunities for Sweden to establish a sustainable magnesium (Mg) market. Magnesium has a high economic value but a limited supply chain in the EU, with a significant climate impact on primary production. The goal is to investigate the possibility of primary Mg production based on Mg-containing waste from the steel industry and residues from iron ore mining. Swedish waste generation contains enough Mg to supply the entire world.
Expected effects and result
The project intends to identify opportunities for access to critical metals for a transition to a sustainable, circular society. The specific goal is to solve this through a circular strategy of comprehensive recovery of resources from by-product flows towards a zero loss cycle for Mg metal by:
• Use of by-product flows from steel production with reduced environmental impact.
• Extraction of Mg from landfills and carbon-free minerals for Swedish primary manufactured Mg metal.
Planned approach and implementation
The project shall
• Identify suitable mineral feedstock and a process for circular Mg production based on residues/landfills from the mining or metal industry.
• Identify opportunities for alloy development for Mg produced from metallurgical waste.
• Propose recycling and remelting methods for the various alloy classes identified as potentially viable
• Create a consortium and demonstrator set-up project plan to demonstrate the feasibility of the principle.
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