
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 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

Pre-Treatment
Calcium precipitation

Concentration
Advanced membrane crystallisation

Concentration
Advanced multi-effect distillation

Selective Recovery
Ion-selective polymer inclusion membranes (PIM)

Selective Recovery
Electrodialysis with bipolar membranes (EDBP)

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 (NDSX)
News & Events
New video on Gallium extraction
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How EU-funded projects aim to secure the supply of critical raw materials
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Brines as a source – Quickfire interviews
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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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Twitter feed
Great to see that the extraction technologies for #CriticalRawMaterials that #Sea4Value is developing are now categorized as critical for the European Union!
We will do our best.
#CRM @DECHEMA_Water @DECHEMA @Eurecat_news
.@ThierryBreton suggested yesterday at the IEA Critical Minerals and Clean Energy Summit that the "Critical Raw Materials Club" will start this year.
We are happy to help with our and our partner's expertise in Europe and worldwide.
#CRM @EU_HaDEA
https://t.co/hg3ggCeCxm
📣Press release - ROBOMINERS: Mining Robot Successfully Tested in Estonia
➡️ https://t.co/eu6q4iqEEC
#futureofmining #miningrobot #ROBOMINERS
Photo: A. Ristolainen
➡️Sergi Compte, Area Manager d'R+D del CWP, ha participat a la jornada "Marketplace d'Economia Blava" organitzada per @accio_cat on ha presentat el projecte @Sea4value com exemple de reducció de contaminació en els mars i oceans a través de la revalorització de les salmorres 💧