Minviro Ltd

Building a genuinely sustainable battery supply chain is critically dependent on accurate, process-level data about how much energy, water, and material every step of battery recycling consumes. Without this, companies cannot identify efficiency improvements, cannot verify their processes are better than alternatives, and cannot compete for the growing sh...

The Hy-PACT initiative will be in strategic collaboration among key stakeholders in the UK and Australia to develop the prototype for the innovative "Digital Material Passport"(DMP) in the hydrogen supply chain. DMP will provide a full lifecycle record of hydrogen from production through to its end use, including the cost, critical Circularity Index and a...

Geopolitical conversations around semiconductors impact all industries that use them, from telecommunications, consumer/home electronics, automotive to aerospace sectors. Semiconductors also underpin virtually all technologies needed to achieve Net Zero. With rising geopolitical tension threatening supply, territories like the US and EU, alongside the UK,...

The aim of the CSyARES project is to design and develop an innovative digital platform and accompanying service framework to assess and enhance the circularity of rare earth elements (REEs) and other critical raw materials (CRMs) in UK and EU supply chains. With the EU Critical Raw Materials Act and upcoming regulatory instruments requiring robust evidenc...

The primary aim of the HiQ-LCA project is to develop a next-generation, high-quality Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) services and digital tool(s) tailored specifically for the battery industry. This project addresses a significant gap in the current market: the lack of robust, accessible, and standardised LCA tools that enable accurate environmental impact as...

The net-zero transition is accelerating demand for Permanent-Magnet-Synchronous-Motors (PMSMs), which make electric drivetrains for EVs/wind-turbines/water-pumps highly-efficient. Yet, their downside is considerable Rare-Earth-Element (REEs) use in manufacture. REEs and PMSMs are at high-risk of supply disruption against a rising geopolitical tension back...

The project GR4FITE3 aims to reach Graphite Resilience For lithium-Ion baTtery anodes through a sustainable European End-to-End supply chain. Thissupply chain includes environmentally responsible European mining of natural crystalline flake graphite from Europe’s largest natural graphite resource, highly innovative, continuous and low energy input upgradi...

Despite being a cornerstone of the UK's industrial and energy-transition strategy, the UK automotive **Lithium-Ion Battery** **(LIB)** production industry faces two existential threats: * **LIBs require vast amounts of critical raw materials, especially the Cathode Active Materials (CAMs) cobalt, nickel and lithium** (175kt needed by 2035). CAMs are all s...

Rare-earth metals are irreplaceable in highly demanded products such as wind turbines, electric vehicles, mobile phones, computers and the defence industry. Therefore, we need to research how to sustainably mine and process these metals. Minviro together with BEC GmbH, Circularise, Grundfos, and the global Rare Earth Industry Association (REIA) started a ...

The EcoFlot project (22013), aims to scale-up and demonstrate the CoarseAir flotation technology developed by FLSmidth in the context of “The MissionZero Mine”, which aims to enable customers to move towards zero water and energy waste by 2030. The project focuses on enhanced mineral processing flows for challenging materials, including coarse slurries of...

The HiQ-LCA project, which stands for "High-Quality Life Cycle Assessment for the Battery Industry" (22039) plays a critical role in helping the EU achieve its target of zero emissions from cars. As the market for electric vehicles (EVs) continues to grow, it's important to address the environmental impact of batteries, its raw materials and components, w...

The transition to a low-carbon economy is well underway and accelerating. However, low-emission energy and transportation systems, such as Electric Vehicles (EVs) or solar panels, are more mineral intensive compared to fossil fuel equivalents. Many mineral inputs are irreplaceable in manufacture, or have high-risk of supply disruption, thus known as 'Crit...