德企拟开发稀土回收新技术

Group 1 - Bioweg UG, a German biotechnology and green chemistry company, has received €1.5 million in funding from the German government to develop technology for recovering rare earth elements (REEs) from wastewater [1] - The funding is part of the "Technology Metals Transformation Challenge" program initiated by the German Innovation Agency, aimed at developing and validating innovative processes for recovering critical metals from complex waste streams [1] - The project is in collaboration with the Technical University of Berlin, focusing on selective water-based methods to achieve high-purity outputs suitable for downstream applications [1] Group 2 - Bioweg's co-founder and CEO, Pratik Maharwal, stated that the funding will accelerate the development of a sustainable, biotechnology-based rare earth recovery platform in collaboration with the Technical University of Berlin [1] - The platform builds on Bioweg's expertise in fermentation technology and green chemistry, which has already been applied at scale in bacterial cellulose production [1]