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cooperation is Carbon as a raw material, lining material
and a reductant for metal production. Merete Tangstad
and Eli Ringdalen are both key players in the INPART
project.
Merete Tangstad the leader of RD2 Primary Metal
Production was invited to join an EU Horizon 2020 – FET
(Future Emerging Technologies) OPEN project with the
title AMADEUS. The project will investigate the next gen-
eration materials and solid-state devices for ultra-high
temperature energy storage and conversion.
In addition, a Horizon 2020 projects has been approved
within MFA (Mass Flow Analysis) at NTNU, Industrial
Ecology Programme (IndEcol). MinFuture – Global ma-
terial flows and demand-supply forecasting for mineral
strategies, is a part of H2020-EU 3.5.3 – Ensuring the
sustainable supply of non-energy and non-agricultural
raw materials.
Several Workshops and Seminars have been arranged
in 2016 with good attendance from both industry and
academia:
• By-products in the process industry
• PAH workshop
• Al short course – refining and recycling (students
and industry)
• Si short course – production and refining
(students and industry)
• RD1 Seminar- Fundamentals & Modelling Tools
• Strategy meeting with the Executive Committee
These Workshop/Seminars constitute a valuable meet-
ing place that gave the SFI an excellent platform for
strengthening the cooperation between students, re-
searchers and industry. In addition, all PhD students now
have dedicated industry reference groups that will follow
up the PhD work to ensure an industrial perspective.
Education and Recruitment have a particular focus in
the 2016 Annual Report. So far, eight PhD candidates
out of a total of fourteen, and two postdocs out of four,
are hired. In addition, four PhD candidates funded by
associated project to the SFI are now a part of the SFI
team. In 2016, 16 MSc and 25 Summer-students have
been part of the SFI. In addition, exchange students from
Brazil, Germany, and South Africa have all made valua-
ble contributions to the centre!
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR
CONTRIBUTION
TO A GOOD
METAL
PRODUCTION
YEAR 2016!
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SFI Metal Production in 2016