CLOSER bridges the EU's
Critical Raw Materials Act
and the EU's Chips Act

Building Europe’s circular supply chain for semiconductor materials

CRITICAL. is advancing an EU subsidy-funded program called CLOSER, aiming to extract and produce ultra-high-purity Gallium ('Ga'), Germanium ('Ge'), Indium ('In') and Silicon-metal ('Si') from e-waste and industrial waste. The recovered elements will be supplied to the EU's semiconductor industry. 

The awarded CLOSER subsidy concerns the EU's Interregional Innovation Investments ('i3') instrument. CLOSER bridges the EU's Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) and the EU's Chips Act (CA). Together with 32 partners from 8 European countries, we act together in building and scaling a European circular supply chain.

At the moment, CLOSER is our main Research and Development (R&D) project but our Urban Mining Factories also incorporate many other R&D activities, as we continuously explore and adopt the latest sustainable technologies to recover Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) from complex waste streams.

We welcome collaborations to further advance our R&D activities. Please reach out if you want to team up.