
Novel technologies
in seawater desalination plants to extract minerals and metals from seawater brines
Sea4Value brings together 16 partners from Spain, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Ukraine, Netherlands, Finland and Switzerland to develop and upscale technologies to sustainably mine raw materials from brines.

10 extracted minerals / metals
The main focus will be on separating, concentrating and crystallising Molybdenum, Magnesium, Scandium, Vanadium, Gallium, Boron, Indium, Lithium, Rubidium and Calcium.

10 technologies
Sea4Value will develop radical innovative technologies for pre-treatment, concentration, extraction, purification and crystallisation:

Pre-Treatment
Nanofiltration membranes for monovalent and multivalent ions separation

Concentration
Advanced membrane crystallisation

Concentration
Advanced multi-effect distillation

Selective Recovery
Ion-selective polymer inclusion membranes

Selective Recovery
Electrodialysis with bipolar membranes

Selective Recovery
3D-printed adsorption modules

Selective Recovery
Ionic liquid solvent extraction

Selective Recovery
Binary extractant solvent extraction

Selective Recovery
Synergic solvent extraction combined with Solvometallurgy

Selective Recovery
Non-Dispersive solvent extraction
News & Events
Online seminar for students: Wednesday May 11th | 8h30 – 9h30 CET
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Soluciones de economía circular exponen MODELO DE NEGOCIO PARA EL USO SOSTENIBLE DEL AGUA
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Circular economy solutions showcase the business model for sustainable water use
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Metals harvested from seawater could be used in future electronic devices
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Converting waste from seawater desalination plants into a source of raw materials
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Víctor Monsalvo, Head of Eco-efficiency, Innovation & Technology Dept. @aqualia, last week on making value from brines at the Global Water Summit: “we (Sea4Value) want to extract the value in water, from water, and through water”. https://t.co/YuTKNhS3I7
Víctor Monsalvo, Head of Eco-efficiency, Innovation & Technology Dept. of @aqualia presented our project #Sea4Value at the "Making Brine Refining Profitable" Symposium
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Víctor Monsalvo, Head of Eco-efficiency, Innovation & Technology Dept. of @aqualia presented our project #Sea4Value at the "Making Brine Refining Profitable" Symposium
#GWS2022 @watermeetsmoney
Víctor Monsalvo, Head of Eco-efficiency, Innovation & Technology Dept. of @aqualia presented our project #Sea4Value at the "Making Brine Refining Profitable" Symposium
#GWS2022 @watermeetsmoney