2023
In the beginning of 2023 we successfully conclude the EU LIFE RE-Fertilize project and begin laying the groundwork for the commercialisation of our Aqua2N process. In April, the world's first large-scale Ash2Salt plant is inaugurated just outside Stockholm. Through a risk assessment, we affirm the negligible pathogen risk in our recycled phosphate product. Together with the design studio Form Us With Love, we start to explore the application possibilities of the sand produced as a co-product from the Ash2Phos process. In Germany, we partner with MSE and Gelsenwasser to spearhead phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge, and in Canada, we collaborate with the Frisen Group to develop a premium feed product market. Throughout the year, we actively engage in various events and conferences, including AquaTech and COP28, and we win the Great Engineering Prize in Innovation in Sweden. We also receive court approval for the construction of the Ash2Phos plant in Sweden.
2022
In 2022, we inaugurate the Aqua2N demonstration plant at BIOFOS in Denmark and make our first deliveries of recycled nitrogen fertiliser to farms in Sweden and Denmark. We start pilot runs for producing sample products from Ash2Phos and apply to get RevoCaP approved for organic farming in the EU. We also launch a new initiative to foster the recovery of clean phosphorus in Germany. At the end of the year, we host several seminars at the UN climate conference (COP27), and we are also one of 10 finalists for the world's largest environmental award, the Food Planet Prize.
2021
We start a new project to test recovered phosphorus as feed phosphate, with positive results. We sign an agreement with Alfa Laval and Hitachi Zosen Inova, and we participate in several talks, including the UN climate summit, on the subject of circularity. In the end of 2021 we celebrated the grand opening of the demonstration plant for our nitrogen removal and recovery process, and we announced joint venture to build the world’s first phosphorus recovery plant based on the Ash2Phos technology.
2020
In April the construction of the first Ash2Salt-plan starts. In the autumn EasyMining and Gelsenwasser expand their cooperation for phosphorus recycling in Germany and the basic engineering for the first German plants begins. EasyMining also applies for a permit to build an Ash2Phos plant in Helsingborg, Sweden. EasyMining starts to put focus on the constraints in the EU legislation regarding circular products, joining forces with Miltton and EAT. EasyMining continues to expand, exceeding 25 employees in December 2020. Jan Åke Jonsson is appointed Chairman of the Board.
2019
Ragn-Sells invests 50 million EUR to build the first plant for Easymining's Ash2Salt process. Company expansion - between 2007 and 2019 EasyMining has grown from 2 to over 20 employees. EasyMining receives about SEK 19 million from the EU's LIFE programme (LIFE18 ENV/SE/000265) for its innovation within nitrogen extraction to demonstrate the patented method on a large scale. The Swedish Chemical Engineers National Association (SKR) Chemical Engineering Award 2019 is awarded to Yariv Cohen, Development Manager at EasyMining. EasyMining is named “Innovator of the Year 2019” at the Recycling Gala in Stockholm.
2018
During the spring EasyMining performs two successful pre-industrial pilot runs in Helsingborg and can confirm the chemical process validity of Ash2Phos. A Basic Engineering of the Ash2Phos process are purchased from COWI. Gelsenwasser and EasyMining enter a partnership for phosphorus recovery in Germany. BIOFOS and EasyMining enter a partnership to recover phosphorus from Danish sewage sludge ash. During 2018 EasyMining grows from 4 to 10 employees.