BiotaTec is developing and licensing next-generation rapid biomining solutions for critical raw materials (CRMs) from low-grade ores, tailings and wastes. Critical raw materials are vital for the carbon-neutral future, as they are irreplaceable in solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, and energy-efficient lighting.
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Biomining is the technique of extracting metals from ores and other solid materials typically using micro-organisms (bacteria, archae, fungi or plants).
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Our technology BiotaMet (BM) is a cost-efficient extraction method of critical metals from low grade ores and wastes.
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Accelerator Green Deal Call, grant no 101010499 "A novel biotreatment technology for sustainable metal extraction from low-grade ores, tailings and WEEE; BiotaMet"
European Innovation Council
2020
Grant "Bioleaching of WEEE wastes for the recovery of valuable metals"
LIFE17 ENV/ES/000216
LIFE programme, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME).
2018
SME Instrument phase 1 grant "Feasibility study on nature based innovative more efficient 2-step bioleaching technology producing methane gas and metal compounds from “low grade” multimetallic European black shales or wastes containing organo-metallic complexes; MetLeach"
SME programme, European Commission
2017
