SMT-Essential. Innovativ teknologi for prosessering av anortositt bergart til essensielle råvarer

Offentlig prosjektsammendrag

SuMaTechs AS (SMT) has invented a new technology to process Norwegian anorthosite rock into essential and critical materials (alumina, silica and calcium-based products) with zero solid waste and zero CO2 emissions generation. These materials will provide large industries (aluminium, silica/silicon, cement and construction, plastics, etc) with their usual feedstock, but obtained from an alternative, domestic new source (anorthosite rock) and with remarkable lower environmental footprint. Our novel technology shows technical and economic advantages compared to competing processes currently under development and former technologies for anorthosite processing. In this project, SMT will further optimize its technology, to maximize business profitability projections and ensure optimal upscaling. The project focuses on two main innovations within our new process, which eliminate high-cost and high-risk process steps comprised in alternative technologies.