Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology
| Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology | |
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| Category: | Helmholtz Institute |
| Carrier: | Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf |
| Consist: | since 2011 |
| Facility location: | Freiberg |
| Basic funding: | Federal Government (90%), Free State of Saxony (10%) |
| Management: | Jens Gutzmer, Markus Reuter |
| Employee: | approx. 120 (December 2017) |
| Annotation: | close cooperation with the TU Bergakademie Freiberg |
| Homepage: | www.hzdr.de/hif |
The Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF) is a branch of the Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf . Its headquarters are near the TU Bergakademie Freiberg , which played a key role in setting up the institute and with which it works closely.
The institute aims to develop new technologies to secure the supply of mineral and metal-containing raw materials, to use raw materials more efficiently and to recycle them in an environmentally friendly way. Another focus is the training of specialists as well as the promotion of training and further education of foreign specialists and managers in the resource sector.
history
In April 2010, the Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf and the TU Bergakademie Freiberg presented a joint concept for "a research facility for a sustainable and safe supply of raw materials in Germany in Freiberg". The city of Freiberg was ready to provide the new institute with a large property. The Saxon state government submitted a corresponding application to the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in October 2010 . This was approved by the BMBF in December 2010.
The founding contract signed in March 2011 between the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf and the TU Bergakademie Freiberg stipulated that the HIF should be financed 90 percent by the federal government and 10 percent by the Free State of Saxony. The official establishment took place in August 2011. The workforce should be 20 employees by the end of 2011, and finally around 100 employees by 2016.
Jens Gutzmer from the TU Bergakademie Freiberg had already been appointed founding director in June 2011 before it was founded. In September 2015, Markus Reuter was appointed co-director.
In November 2013, the exterior renovation of the designated institute building in Freiberg was completed. In June 2016, the institute, which now has around 100 employees, moved into the newly furnished building.
Research areas
In the field of analysis and processing of complex polymetallic raw materials , it is investigated how the natural deposits of ores can be used which, due to their complex composition, cannot currently be used economically as a source of rare metals. The desired methods for the analysis of complex metal compounds should also be able to be used for secondary raw material sources such as spoil heaps or metal-containing electronic scrap.
In the field of extraction, processing and recycling of rare earths , the scientists are researching processes for the recovery of raw materials from electronic products and landfills and biotechnological processes for processing metals. The focus of research is on high-tech metals such as gallium , indium , germanium and the rare earth elements that play a key role as the basis for many applications in the electronics industry, in renewable energies and in electromobility .
The Geometallurgy division deals with the efficiency and profitability of all processes along the value chain for the extraction and use of metals.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Helmholtz Institute Freiberg: Staff
- ↑ Homepage: Helmholtz Institute Freiberg
- ↑ Institute in Freiberg is looking for new raw materials: . Saxon newspaper. August 29, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ top Institute of commodity research in Freiberg opened: . Central German radio. August 29, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- ↑ Press release: New foundation: Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology . Freiberg Mining Academy and Technical University. June 6, 2011. Accessed December 12, 2017.
- ↑ a b c Homepage: Helmholtz Institute Freiberg: The way to the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology
- ^ Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers: Cooperation models: Helmholtz Institute Freiberg
- ↑ Press release: Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology founded . Freiberg Mining Academy and Technical University. August 29, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- ↑ Press release: Raw material research with a future . Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf. June 17, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ↑ a b c Homepage: Helmholtz Institute Freiberg: Research
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