The TU Bergakademie Freiberg specialises in teaching and research into the fundamentals and processes relating to raw materials, energy and materials along the entire value chain. Raw materials are explored and extracted, refined into materials, processed into materials and recycled as secondary raw materials.
This leads to trend-setting questions that are dealt with in the interdisciplinary fields of expertise of mathematics/computer science, natural sciences, engineering, geosciences, materials science and economics. TUBAF combines these as a resource university in interdisciplinary research and future-orientated student education. Researchers at TU Bergakademie Freiberg are involved in developing solutions for sustainable value creation so that raw materials and ecological resources can be used as efficiently as possible. In its function as a scientific center, the resource university is networked nationally and internationally with institutions of large-scale research and industry, creating ideal conditions for finding innovative solutions for the sustainable development of the energy and raw materials industry.
The TU Bergakademie Freiberg is the developer of solid-state chlorination (SSC) process for rare earth containing waste, and designing reactors for SSC – rotary kiln.
