Deliverables, data and open science
LiCuPlus requires open access for all scientific publications. Gold open access is planned and budgeted, with Zenodo as the default open repository and a dedicated LiCuPlus community linking every paper.
FAIR by design
The data management plan is delivered in month 6 and updated throughout the project, ensuring compliance with the FAIR principles across roughly 500 GB of experimental, observational, numerical, textual and image data.
Findable
Datasets receive DOIs through trusted repositories such as Zenodo, with metadata following the Dublin Core standard including titles and keywords.
Accessible
Data is openly accessible through trusted repositories unless restricted by intellectual property rights or commercial sensitivity; restricted data has secure access upon request.
Interoperable
Data is stored in standard formats — CSV, XLSX, JPEG, PDF — with metadata adhering to Dublin Core.
Reusable
Outputs are licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0, with metadata and documentation to support reuse, stored in trusted repositories.
All scientific publications are open access, with Gold open access planned and budgeted. Zenodo is the default open repository and LiCuPlus maintains a Zenodo community linking every paper. Partners are also encouraged to disseminate outputs through web-based scientific networks such as Academia, ResearchGate and Open Research Europe.
Targets: more than 6 open-access peer-reviewed publications with at least 100 citations by 2033, at least 20 technical publications in industrial journals, at least 6 articles through official EU tools, and 45% of research outputs on open-access platforms.
What the project
will publish
Public deliverables are marked PU; those classified sensitive are marked SEN. Due months are counted from the project start.
WP1 · Further development of primary Cu processing technologies
WP2 · Further development of Li concentration and purification technologies
WP3 · Enabling value chain integration of Cu and minor metals
WP4 · Large-scale demonstration of Cu and minor metals production
WP5 · Large-scale demonstration of Li battery precursors
WP6 · Sustainability assessments and standards
WP7 · Business cases and exploitation for industrialisation
WP8 · Communication, dissemination and clustering
WP9 · Project management
Checkpoints along
the way
Most technical milestones have a preliminary and a final due month, giving the consortium an early signal and a confirmation point.
| No. | Milestone | WP | Due | Means of verification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS1.1 | Link of a geometallurgical Cu resource to a multi-metal flowsheet | WP1 | M18 / M36 | Case demonstrated from a geometallurgical model to the processing chain |
| MS1.2 | Final and converter Cu slag reduction with H2/NH3 characterised at crucible scale | WP1 | M16 / M32 | Cu–Fe alloy including pay metals shown experimentally at minimum Fe at 1 kg scale |
| MS1.3 | Novel pyrometallurgical process characterised at small scale | WP1 | M16 / M32 | Blister Cu production benchmarked at lab scale against conventional processing |
| MS1.4 | Analysis of bio- and hydrometallurgical processes versus pyrometallurgical processing | WP1 | M16 / M32 | Comparison achieved on recovery of Cu and minor metals |
| MS2.1 | Best-performing synthesised and commercial adsorbents identified and validated | WP2 | M24 / M36 | Results on adsorption capacity and regeneration characterisation reported |
| MS2.2 | DLE and post-treatment technologies evaluated and optimised at small scale | WP2 | M18 / M36 | Optimised conditions for low-quality brines demonstrated |
| MS3.1 | Demonstration of optimised technologies for As and Sb recovery and comparison | WP3 | M24 / M36 | Technology portfolio established for different process streams |
| MS3.2 | Demonstration of optimised technologies for Cu and minor metal recovery | WP3 | M24 / M36 | Technology portfolio established for different process streams |
| MS3.3 | Cu–Fe alloy from slag reduction treated hydro- and electrometallurgically | WP3 | M29 / M40 | Cu cathode and anode slimes demonstrate increased process efficiency |
| MS4.1 | High-temperature processing: slag reduction and novel pyrometallurgical process at TRL 7 | WP4 | M48 | Experiments validate technology KPIs including Cu and minor metal validation |
| MS4.2 | Minor metal piloting (As, Sb, Bi and Ge) demonstrated for dusts | WP4 | M48 | Experiments validate technology KPIs including Cu and minor metal validation |
| MS5.1 | Demonstration of the DLE-based pilot chain for low-quality brines to LiOH and Li2CO3 | WP5 | M48 | Pilot plant line meets KPIs and Li products validated by Sunlight |
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