Fundación ICAMCyL

Connecting research and industry

Fundación ICAMCyL is the International Center for Advanced Materials and Raw Materials of Castile and León. It describes itself as a bridge between research and industry, supporting regional competitiveness and managing projects in mining, energy, and Industry 5.0. Its work emphasizes sustainability and the circular economy in line with the UN 2030 Agenda.

Scale and impact

• More than 30 projects completed or underway.
• €157 million mobilized globally.
• 280 international partners.
• €7 million mobilized in Castile and León.

Research priorities

The center focuses on research and development of clean technologies, raw materials and 21st-century mining, and innovative, sustainable industrial solutions. It participates in international, regional, and national projects.

Selected international projects

• MOSAIC innova: Social engagement to advance innovation and circularity in deep technology.
• REMHUB: A hub for magnets and rare earths for a resilient Europe.
• DEXPLORE: Exploring critical raw materials in Europe through advanced mineral models.
• WIDEX: Knowledge transfer in advanced green technologies and research management.
• LI4LIFE: A battery-grade lithium carbonate value chain.
• RISE: Resilient innovation ecosystems for EU value chains.
• C-SINK: Deploying carbon-removal approaches to meet European climate goals.
• S34I: Secure, sustainable raw-material supplies for European industry.
• MaDiTraCe: Material and digital traceability for critical-raw-material certification.
• I4-GREEN: Interregional investment in a sustainable supply of raw materials for Europe’s energy transition.
• ExpSkills-REM: Building skills across the rare-earth permanent-magnet value chain.
• RESILEX: Strengthening the silicon industry in Europe.
• MALTOSE: Machine learning for organic semiconductors.
• PASSENGER: A pilot project for a new generation of efficient European magnets without rare earths.
• PHEIDIAS: An innovative hydrometallurgical system for recovering platinum-group metals.
• MINE.THE.GAP: Developing and integrating industrial value chains for mining and raw-material SMEs through digital technologies, circular-economy practices, resource efficiency, and advanced manufacturing.
• UMA3: Unique materials for advanced aerospace applications.
• BLACKCYCLE: A circular-economy project turning end-of-life tires into secondary raw materials.
• SMARTY: Smart SMEs for Industry 4.0.
• TARANTULA: Recovering tungsten, niobium, and tantalum from mining and processing waste.
• INNOCAT: Replacing critical raw materials in catalysts for public-authority vehicles.
• MIREU: Mining and metallurgical regions of the EU.
• NEXTOWER: Advanced-material solutions for high-efficiency concentrated solar power tower systems.
• ENGAGER: A European energy-poverty agenda built around co-creation and knowledge innovation.
• CRM-EXTREME: Solutions for critical raw materials in extreme conditions.
• MINEA: Mining Europe’s anthroposphere.

Regional and national projects

• ICA-BOOSTER: Consolidating and strengthening ICAMCyL’s European Programs Unit.
• CENTR@TEC.
• Ha-MiTWINS: Research into digital twins for essential industries in Castile and León to optimize energy use.
• MATMIN-ENew: Digital techniques for advanced materials, local resources, and energy.
• EXPLOREMAT: Exploring new advanced materials through computational modeling.
• VALUECYL: Technology-based use of secondary raw materials in Castile and León.

Contact

Office: León Technology Park, Multi-Purpose Building, Calle Julia Morros, first floor, Offices 106–108, 24009 Armunia, León, Spain. Phone: +34 987 440 481. Email: comunicacion@icamcyl.com. The foundation is also on YouTube, X, and LinkedIn.