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BLOOM collaborates with key mining sites across Europe and North America to enhance resource recovery, optimise processing, and improve sustainability through advanced technologies.

tantalum mineral

Tantalum & Niobium

Copper & Polymetallic ores

Copper & Polymetallic ores

/ Site Name

Blue River

/ Country

Canada

/ About

Blue River in British Columbia contains tantalum and niobium deposits. Ore is processed through grinding, flotation, and refining to achieve recovery rates of 65–70%.

/ RELEVANCE FOR BLOOM

BLOOM aims to enhance flotation efficiency using mineral analysis, improving recovery and sustainability. Pilot testing will validate new technologies.

/ Site Name

Cobre Las Cruces

/ Country

Spain

/ About

Cobre Las Cruces near Seville is a leading copper mine, with a future project to treat polymetallic ores to be processed through advanced crushing, grinding, flotation and hydrometallurgical methods.

/ RELEVANCE FOR BLOOM

BLOOM will test sensors to improve flotation efficiency, reduce water use, and optimise resource recovery through pilot trials.

/ Site Name

Mostove Project

/ Country

Ukraine

/ About

The Mostove deposit in Ukraine holds tantalum and niobium resources within granites. Initial studies suggest potential for underground mining and by-product extraction.

/ RELEVANCE FOR BLOOM

BLOOM aims to define mineral characteristics, optimise processes, and validate technologies using pilot testing with real samples to unlock resources.

/ Site Name

Lalor-Copper Mountain

/ Country

Canada

/ About

Hudbay’s Copper Mountain and Lalor mines produce copper, gold, zinc, and silver using open-pit and underground methods with modern processing plants.

/ RELEVANCE FOR BLOOM

BLOOM will demonstrate sensor technologies to improve recovery rates, reduce costs, and optimise operations at these sites.

/ Site Name

Sandfire MATSA

/ Country

Spain

/ About

Sandfire MATSA, located in Huelva, Spain, is an underground massive sulfide mine typical of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, mainly producing copper, zinc, and lead concentrates with silver as a by-product. Sandfire MATSA operates a centralized processing plant for its three active underground mines — Aguas Teñidas, Magdalena, and Sotiel — using conventional crushing, grinding, and flotation processes.

/ RELEVANCE FOR BLOOM

BLOOM aims to optimize metal recovery by implementing advanced on-line MLA sensors at the grinding and flotation circuits, enabling real-time adjustment of operational parameters and validating the recirculation of middling materials. A new mineral processing approach based on detailed mineralogical data will be established and validated in pilot and real-plant environments.
tantalum mineral

Tantalum & Niobium

/ Site Name

Blue River

/ Country

Canada

/ About

Blue River in British Columbia contains tantalum and niobium deposits. Ore is processed through grinding, flotation, and refining to achieve recovery rates of 65–70%.

/ RELEVANCE FOR BLOOM

BLOOM aims to enhance flotation efficiency using mineral analysis, improving recovery and sustainability. Pilot testing will validate new technologies.

/ Site Name

Mostove Project

/ Country

Ukraine

/ About

The Mostove deposit in Ukraine holds tantalum and niobium resources within granites. Initial studies suggest potential for underground mining and by-product extraction.

/ RELEVANCE FOR BLOOM

BLOOM aims to define mineral characteristics, optimise processes, and validate technologies using pilot testing with real samples to unlock resources.
Copper & Polymetallic ores

Copper & Polymetallicores

/ Site Name

Cobre Las Cruces

/ Country

Spain

/ About

Cobre Las Cruces near Seville is a leading copper mine, with a future project to treat polymetallic ores to be processed through advanced crushing, grinding, flotation and hydrometallurgical methods.

/ RELEVANCE FOR BLOOM

BLOOM will test sensors to improve flotation efficiency, reduce water use, and optimise resource recovery through pilot trials.

/ Site Name

Lalor-Copper Mountain

/ Country

Canada

/ About

Hudbay’s Copper Mountain and Lalor mines produce copper, gold, zinc, and silver using open-pit and underground methods with modern processing plants.

/ RELEVANCE FOR BLOOM

BLOOM will demonstrate sensor technologies to improve recovery rates, reduce costs, and optimise operations at these sites.

/ Site Name

Aguas Teñidas

/ Country

Spain

/ About

Aguas Teñidas, located in Huelva, Spain, is an underground massive sulfide mine typical of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, mainly producing copper, zinc, and lead concentrates with silver as a by-product. Sandfire MATSA operates a centralized processing plant for its three active underground mines — Aguas Teñidas, Magdalena, and Sotiel — using conventional crushing, grinding, and flotation processes.

/ RELEVANCE FOR BLOOM

BLOOM aims to optimize metal recovery by implementing advanced on-line MLA sensors at the grinding and flotation circuits, enabling real-time adjustment of operational parameters and validating the recirculation of middling materials. A new mineral processing approach based on detailed mineralogical data will be established and validated in pilot and real-plant environments.

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Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña

Carrer de Jordi Girona, 31, Les Corts, 08034 Barcelona

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Transforming Raw Materials for a Sustainable Future.

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Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña

Carrer de Jordi Girona, 31, Les Corts, 08034 Barcelona

Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HADEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

BLOOM Project ® 2025 · All rights reserved