Tapping hidden resources for Europe’s green future
MiningBrines is a Doctoral Network funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme, aiming to revolutionize how strategic mineral resources are extracted from natural geothermal brines. The project develops cutting‑edge technologies to enhance mineral recovery, reduce environmental impact, and promote a fully circular approach within the mining sector.
Missions
Expertise and Innovation Focus
MiningBrines’ mission is to train a new generation of experts skilled in:
all applied to the sustainable valorisation of multi‑resource geothermal brines.
Impact
Building Europe’s long-term resilience
By transforming brine management into both an economic and environmental opportunity, MiningBrines contributes to reducing Europe’s dependency on critical raw materials, while supporting geothermal energy production, CO₂ storage, and the development of responsible industrial solutions.
PROJECT ORGANISATION
Project Structure and Value Chain Coverage
The project proposes a MSCA DN covering the entire value chain and the associated competences pillars, from geothermal reservoir multi-resource exploration and reservoir engineering (WP2), multi-resource mobilization processes (WP3), multisource recovery strategies (WP4), multi-scale methodologies for quantification of reservoir rock properties (WP5) to entrepreneurship, market plus business evolution, and covering the path to society (WP6).
MiningBrines is uniting 32 organisations across 10 countries
