The MAGELLAN M6 General Assembly took place on June 10-11, 2024, and it was hosted by tecnalia in San Sebastián, Spain.
The project partners gathered Work Package 6 working group session and followed by presentations of Work Packages 1 and 2.
Following the WP1 and WP2 presentations about Project Management and Improved process routes for resource efficient permanent magnets (Orano), the MAGELLAN team had an insightful visit to the powder metallurgy lab of TECNALIA. Next was WP3– Improved magnet & motor design towards Recycling from Centro Ricerche Fiat and WP4-Recycling of EoL PM Magnets containing Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HREE) by University of Liège
The WP5– Validation of sustainability and Responsibility of the new EoL recovery value chain for PMs was presented by the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK).
Afterwards, the MAGELLAN team visited TECNALIA‘s hydrometallurgy lab, where they better understood the hydrometallurgy processes.
IFP Energies nouvelles presented the Demonstration of the MAGELLAN solution for highly recyclable permanent magnets in an EVTM for WP6.
RTD Talos presented next for WP7-Impact Management.
The first day of the M6 General Assembly concluded with a brief discussion on the AOB partnership and closing remarks by Benoit Richebé of Orano.
The highlight of the second day of the MAGELLAN M6 General Assembly was a visit to the Tecnalia CIRMETAL pilot plan.
