News
04 February 2026
In July 2025, the new project "Bio-hydrometallurgical recovery of precious and valuable metals as secondary materials and associated reduction of CO2" was approved by the respective fundig agency. The chairs of Process and Plant Engineering and Circular Economy are working together at BTU on a demonstration plant that investigates metal recycling in combination with CO2 fixation by litotrophic microorganisms. The project was announced at the beginning of 2026 via a press release from BTU: https: //www.b-tu.de/news/artikel/30584-bio-bergbau-aus-der-lausitz-btu-entwickelt-recyclingverfahren-mit-bakterien-und-co2
Shortly afterwards, press releases were also issued by RBB and Lausitzer Rundschau: