The project coordinator interview at FUNDICIONES REY
28 Sep 2022
In June 2022, the project coordinator Gabriella Tranell from NTNU was interviewed on TV at FUNDICIONES REY premises, in Spain. The whole project consortium was […]
Let’s meet Nishan Simkhada, MSc student at NTNU
15 Sep 2022
Meet one of the MSc students contributing to the SisAl Pilot Project: Nishan Simkhada is conducting experiments to test the sustainable SisAl process for silicon […]
New SisAl Pilot article on Teknisk ukeblad magazine
04 Aug 2022
In June a new SisAl Pilot article, elaborated by the project coordinator NTNU, was published on the Norwegian technical weekly magazine “Teknisk Ukeblad”. A short […]
SisAl Pilot consortium visit at FUNDICIONES REY
30 Jun 2022
The consortium visit at FUNDICIONES REY of last week!
SisAl Pilot on the daily Galician Television News!
27 Jun 2022
Last week SisAl Pilot project coordinator was interviewed on the daily Galician Television News reaching out an audience of more than 170.000 people. Gabriella Tranell […]
SisAl Pilot progress meeting in Santiago de Compostela
21 Jun 2022
The SisAl pilot partners gathered in Santiago de Compostela for the M24 progress meeting, hosted by CITMaga, at the Faculty of Maths, Partners discussed the […]
SisAl Pilot tests campaign: the slag product
17 Jun 2022
In addition to silicon, the SisAl Pilot process produces a calcium-aluminate slag with a high alumina content. The slag can either be sold to the […]
The silicon product of the SisAl Pilot tests campaign
10 Jun 2022
The silicon product produced during the pilot experiments at Elkem is a silicon-aluminium alloy. The alloy itself is of interest to the partners in the […]
SisAl Pilot tests campaign: the robot
01 Jun 2022
At Elkem’s pilot site in Kristiansand, an IRB 7600-500/2,55 Industrial Robot is used for handling the moulds with hot metal. The robot carefully moves the […]
SisAl Pilot process: the pouring
23 May 2022
In this new video shot during the SisAl Pilot tests campaign implemented at Elkem premises, we can see the furnace during pouring. The furnace is […]
SisAl Pilot process: new video about sampling
10 May 2022
Samples are taken continuously to study the reduction of silica with aluminium to form silicon. The samples can be taken by using a small sampling […]
SisAl Pilot: Charging and Stirring
02 May 2022
During the pilot trials at Elkem, three different charging strategies are used. Two of them starts of by heating the SiO-CaO-slag, and then adding the […]
Visit at Mintek
27 Apr 2022
Last in week Maria Wallin, from NTNU (the project coordinator), visited the fully equipped lab-scale, the analytical labs and pilot facilities installed at Mintek, in […]
The furnace used in the tests at Elkem
15 Apr 2022
Today we are glad to share with you the video about the furnace used in the tests implemented by SisAl Pilot. The furnace at Elkem […]
They talk about us on the Teknisk Ukeblad in Norwegian!
01 Apr 2022
The Teknisk Ukeblad (TU, English: Technical Weekly Magazine), a Norwegian engineering magazine, published an article about SisAl Pilot on March 21st, potentially reaching more than 150.000 readers. […]
SisAl Pilot tests at Fundiciones Rey in Galicia (Spain)
31 Mar 2022
The SisAl Pilot Project has so far carried out 9 pilot experiments at Fundiciones Rey in Galicia (Spain). Fundiciones Rey is testing the variables of the novel […]
The raw materials used in the pilot: new video released
21 Mar 2022
The raw materials used in the pilot are aluminium, silica and calcium oxide. The aluminium sources are shavings, dross and blocks, supplied by Hydro. A […]
First video of the SisAl Pilot tests implemented at Elkem released!
10 Mar 2022
Elkem Technology Pilot Department has conducted the first large-scale aluminothermic experiments, with 22 pilot experiments, in Kristiansand in Norway. Different raw material mixes has been […]
SisAl Pilot article released in Norwegian newspaper
16 Feb 2022
An article about the SisAl Pilot project was published on the Fedrelandsvennen newspaper today! The project coordinator from NTNU and the Elkem team were interviewed […]
Hydrometallurgy in raw materials utilization Course
14 Feb 2022
In the frame of the Life Long Learning project “HydroMetEC – Hydrometallurgy in raw materials utilization” an Advanced Course focusing on the “Introduction to Hydrometallurgy” will […]
Brainstorming session at Mintek
03 Feb 2022
On February 2, some project partners had a very interesting brainstorming session related to SisAl project challenges at Mintek, in South Africa. Technical experts in Pyrometallurgy […]
SisAl Pilot project review meeting
12 Jan 2022
Today the whole SisAl Pilot team gathered virtually to host a very fruitful and intense review meeting online. The consortium assessed the results achieved in the […]
21 Dec 2021
The SisAl Pilot Project and its partners are glad to thank you all for the collaboration and support shown so far! Many new updates will be published […]
Project meeting in Aachen
06 Dec 2021
After eighteen months of activities, many partners gathered face-to-face at the RWTH Aachen University to finally attend a hybrid SisAl Pilot Project meeting. Brilliant discussions […]
SisAl Pilot showcased in Ecomondo 2021
29 Oct 2021
SisAl Pilot presented its aims and progresses to many visitor and stakeholders participating in Ecomondo, the green and circular economy expo held in Rimini (Italy) […]
SisAl Pilot will join ECOMONDO
07 Oct 2021
SisAl Pilot will join Ecomondo, the benchmark event in Europe for technological and industrial innovation in the field of green and circular economy, which will […]
SisAl pilot partners jointly working on tests at ELKEM premises
23 Sep 2021
This week, during the SisAl pilot test campaign, two operators from Wacker Norway were present at Elkem Pilot in Kristiansand to assist in the tests […]
Intensive course on “Si production and Refining”
20 Sep 2021
The SisAl Pilot coordinator is glad to invite you to an online course about “Si Production and Refining” which will be held in October, 4th – […]
Hydrometallurgy in raw materials utilization
24 Aug 2021
SisAl Pilot is glad to inform about a new seminar organized in the frame of the HydroMetEC project in which some of the SisAl partners are […]
Press release #2 just released
28 May 2021
The SisAl Pilot consortium is glad to publish its press release #2, focusing on the promising experiments which are taking place after one year of […]
