Our research portfolio

On average, the Institute of Mineral and Waste Processing, Recycling and Circular Economy Systemsis working on 20 grant research projects and a number of contract research projects in parallel.

The main focus of the research activities, which are currently supervised by the scientific staff, are the fields

  • Recycling of mining deposits (tailings)
  • Recycling of production residues (mainly metals)
  • Recycling of old products from the high-tech sector (end-of-life vehicles, electronic scrap, batteries)
  • Material flow management of waste and secondary raw materials
  • Development of network structures in recycling

The projects cover the entire spectrum from basic research to application-oriented developments.