SPP 2315 Annual Meeting 2025 marked the end of the first funding period and the kick-off for the second 3-year funding phase

The German Research Foundation-funded priority programme SPP 2315, which has been running since 2021, is dedicated to researching “Engineered Artificial Minerals (EnAM) - a Geometallurgical Tool to Recycle Critical Elements from Waste Streams”.

Fulda, 15-16.01.2025 - Around 50 scientists and project participants came together in Fulda to celebrate the successful completion of the first funding period of the priority programme SPP 2315 and at the same time to give the starting signal for the second funding phase, which is endowed with around 2 million euros for 3 years for Clausthal University of Technology. The event, which is part of Clausthal University of Technology's guiding theme ‘Circular Economy’, was all about dialogue. Pascal Roth and Dr. Iyad Alabd Alhafez gave an outlook for the joint project:

"Formation of critical compounds in recycling slags – a study of the melt chemistry with MD simulations and of the solidified compounds in a micro preparation approach"

In addition to their results from the first funding period, the participating working groups presented an outlook on their future questions and plans to be approached in the second funding period.