About ReSiLient
Discover how ReSiLient strengthens Europe’s silicon and silicon carbide supply chains through domestic resources and material recovery.
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Building a More Resilient European
Supply Chain
Silicon and silicon carbide are foundational materials for semiconductor manufacturing. Europe’s access to these materials is affected by limited availability of high-quality quartz, insufficient domestic processing capacity and the environmental footprint of current production routes. ReSiLient addresses these connected challenges through new primary and secondary production pathways.
01 | Access to high-quality quartz
02 | Domestic processing capacity
03 | Environmental footprint
The Approach
ReSiLient combines two complementary routes designed to reinforce Europe’s silicon and silicon carbide raw-material value chains. The project develops these routes with partners from across the full value chain and validates their relevance for future industrial uptake.
PRIMARY ROUTE
European Mineral Resources
The primary route investigates domestic aplite and olivine minerals as alternative feedstocks. These abundant resources could help diversify Europe’s access to silica and support future silicon and silicon carbide production.
SECONDARY ROUTE
Recovering Value from Industrial Streams
The secondary route focuses on silicon- and silica-rich industrial by-products, waste streams and quartz crucible scrap. ReSiLient explores how these materials can be recovered, refined and returned to productive use.
Both routes feed Europe’s silicon and silicon carbide semiconductor raw-material value chains.
Key Processes
The project applies processes including hydrometallurgical leaching, agglomeration, hydrogen plasma refining and carbothermic conversion. Together, these processes support the development of integrated production routes for metallurgical-grade silicon and high-purity silicon carbide.
Raw-material producers
Recyclers
Technology developers
Research organisations
Semiconductor manufacturers
ReSiLient brings together raw-material producers, recyclers, technology developers, research organisations and semiconductor manufacturers. This full value-chain structure enables project solutions to be developed with industrial requirements in mind, assessed by end users and prepared for future market adoption.
Why a Full Value-Chain Consortium Matters
Programme European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA)
Grant Agreement No. 101294649
Coordinator SINTEF AS
Duration 48 months
Consortium 17 partners across 8 European countries
Project Budget €9.57M total estimated eligible costs
Maximum EU Grant €8.00M
WP8 Lead SEMI Europe GmbH
Project Profile
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