ELKEME team members Dr. Marianthi Bouzouni, Ms. Katerina Boumi, Mr. Ioannis Athanasoulias and Associate Professor Dr. – Ing. Spyros Papaefthymiou participated in the International Conference on Raw Materials and Circular Economy which was organized on 05 – 09/9/2021.
RawMat2021 aims to address a wide range of technological developments and future challenges regarding minerals exploration, trends in mining, mineral processing, and sustainable metallurgy with emphasis given in circular economy aspects.

ELKEME team members contributed to the presentation of various studies in oral sessions with the following presentations:

1. Development of Complex Concentrated Alloys (CCAs) utilizing scrap to preserve critical raw materials [S. Chaskis, M. Bouzouni, E. Gavalas, V. Loukadakis, S. Papaefthymiou]
2. How to design the utilization of larger scrap share in aluminum production [M. Bouzouni, S. Papaefthymiou]
3. Opportunities of AI and ICME in metals recycling, production and processing [S. Papaefthymiou, M. Bouzouni, V. Loukadakis]