In the circular economy model which was adopted by the European Union, but also
by most countries outside the EU, the key principle is the recycling and recovery of
elements, mainly metals, from recycled materials. Undergraduate courses related to
Extractive Metallurgy focus mainly on the production of metals and/or their
compounds from primary raw materials (ores), with the exception of the production
of iron from scrap. This course examines the methods used to produce metals from
recycled materials and the various potential secondary product streams after the end
of their life cycle. More specifically, the course focuses on the methods for:
▪ production of secondary aluminium from aluminium scrap
▪ recovery of lead from car batteries and other lead waste streams
▪ recycling of copper products
▪ recovery of basic, precious and critical metals from electric and electronic
equipment (WEEEs)
▪ recovery of precious metals from industrial catalysts and car catalysts
▪ recovery of metals and graphite from alkaline and other batteries
▪ recovery of technologically important metals from rechargeable lithium -ion
(LiB), nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) and Nickel–Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries
from digital devices, cars (hybrid and electric) and power storage units.
▪ recovery of metals from other streams of recycled products
- Teacher: Άνθιμος Ξενίδης
- Teacher: Νυμφοδώρα Παπασιώπη
ECTS : 4
Language : el
Learning Outcomes : Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to: • Have knowledge of integrated circuits for the metallurgy of recycled raw materials. • Be able to select the appropriate processes or parameters of individual processes to optimize methods or adapt them to cases of raw material differentiation. • Be able to supervise and operate as an engineer in industrial plants for processing recycled products to produce raw materials. • Understand, analyze, and evaluate the operation of complex metal recovery methods from recycled products.