IMA is one of the members of the MINETHIC project consortium "Promoting the recovery and valorisation of strategic mineral resources for the ecological transition".

The general objective of MINETHIC is the research of new sources of non-conventional mining raw materials, both industrial and urban,for the Ecological Transition, covering the entire value chain:pre-treatments to concentrate the materials of interest and eliminate interferents, separation, recovery, and purification treatments, and validation of the recovered materials in final applications (permanent magnets, cathodes, catalysts...).

New technologies will be investigated to recover and valorise MPCs from mineral resources, by-products, and waste streams, as well as the integration of digital technologies, promoting a sustainable, efficient, and local supply of MPCs.

The MINETHIC consortium consists of 6 key companies in the sectors of waste recovery, engineering, information technologies, and materials for the ecological transition:

• INGENIERIA MAGNETICA APLICADA, S.L.
• TÉCNICAS REUNIDAS, S.A.
• APRIA SYSTEMS, S.L.
• FCC MEDIO AMBIENTE, S.A.U.
• IDP INGENIERIA Y ARQUITECTURA IBERIA, S.L.
• TORRECID, S.A.

The MINETHIC project has been subsidised by the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) and supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, with co-funding from the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism, in the call for the year 2022 "Science and Innovation Missions Programme", of the State Programme to Catalyse Innovation and Business Leadership of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2021-2023, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan. Recovery and Resilience Mechanism,in the call for the year 2022 "Science and Innovation Missions Programme", of the State Programme to Catalyse Innovation and Business Leadership of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2021-2023, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan.