Guided 3D tour
Horizon Europe project HAlMan guided online tour
HAlMan process - the future of sustainable manganese production
By combining cutting-edge research with intuitive visualisation, this 3D experience opens the door for industry stakeholders, researchers, and the wider public to better understand the impact and potential of the HAlMan process.
- 18 May, 2026
- 11:00 - 11:30 CET (Webex)
- Free for everyone
About HAlMan process & 3D guided tour
This interactive journey offers a unique opportunity to explore how manganese – an critical raw material is produced and how its production can be transformed through low-carbon innovation. Designed to make complex metallurgical processes accessible and engaging, the experience guides users step by step, from raw material processing to hydrogen-based pre-reduction and final alloy production.
For who?
Students
Young
professionals
Experienced professionals
Researchers
Agenda
HAlMan process: Guided tour
This guided tour will be presented by the HAlMan project coordinators Dr. Maria Wallin and Prof. Jafar Safarian. You will be able to discover each step of this process and what makes it different.
Question and answer session
Ask your questions about the HAlMan process and HAlMan project directly to the project coordinators.
Presenters
Dr. Maria Wallin
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | Project HAlMan coordinator
Dr. Maria Wallin, a chemical engineer with a PhD in Material Science from Chalmers University (2014), has experience as a Product Developer at Promimic and as a Quality and Management consultant at Knightec. She joined NTNU in 2017, where she now works as a researcher focused on the production, recycling, and refining of metals from stable oxides. Dr. Wallin also serves as the administrative coordinator for three EU projects: SisAl Pilot, HAlMan, and HydroMetEC.
Prof. Jafar Safarian
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | Project HAlMan coordinator
Jafar Safarian is a professor in extractive and process metallurgy with over 32 years education and experience in this field. He got his PhD in 2007 at NTNU on “Ferromanganese slags reduction by selected forms of carbonaceous materials”, and his PhD study was followed with about 5 years academic and research activities as a PostDoc fellow/researcher at NTNU. He worked more than three years at SINTEF Materials and Chemistry during 2012-2015, and again joined NTNU as a fulltime employee from 2016 with Associate Professor position, and full Professor position since 2021. He has academic teaching duties, and does currently research on solar grade silicon production and recycling, sustainable alumina production, hydrogen reduction processes, manganese dioxide production, valorisation of waste, etc. He has supervised several PhD and PostDoc researchers as well as master’s and bachelor’s students. He has management duties in several educational and research projects such as HydroMetEC, supported by EIT Raw Materials, FME-SUSOLTECH supported by the Research Council of Norway, and HALMan, HARARE, and ENSUREAL, supported by the Horizon Europe 2020 program.