Researchers can filter rare earths from sewage
German middle class news | December 15.12.14, 21, 33:XNUMX pm Scientists want to recycle valuable substances such as rare earths with the help of algae. To do this, they filter industrial wastewater from spoil heaps. The metal ions of the valuable raw materials dock on the surface of the microalgae. Rare earths are used to manufacture high technology products such as smartphones and tablets. Scientists from the Friedrich Alexander University (FAU) gain the elements [...]
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New life for rare earths
Blandina Mangelkramer Kommunikation und Presse Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg FAU scientists want to recycle the valuable substances with the help of algae Sustainable use of resources, for example rare earths, is a central issue when it comes to a large number of high technologies which are used, among other things, in the context of renewable energies. Since rare earths are very difficult to [...]
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No iPhone without rare earths. Fluctuating commodity prices are causing problems for companies
by Simon Frost Modern industries and high technology are not possible without raw materials such as rare earths. Even if prices are currently falling, the risks for companies remain. This is also due to the countries of origin. The prices for raw materials will also fluctuate sharply in the coming years. Despite recently falling costs for numerous industrial and precious metals as well as for crude oil, the [...]
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Recover rare earth from old fluorescent tubes
By Wolfgang Kempkens They are hazardous waste, discarded fluorescent tubes. They contain rare valuable substances, including the coveted rare earths. Now researchers at TU Freiberg have developed a process that recovers these raw materials - and is profitable. Rare earths live up to their name, at least when it comes to “rare”. Their value is high and easy to influence. China, [...]
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Freiberg mining rare earths from waste of phosphorus
by Heiko Weckbrodt on December 4, 2014 The process is now being used in the Narva lamp company Freiberg, December 4, 2014: Every day in Germany, strategically important raw materials such as "rare earths" worth several thousand euros are buried in underground landfills as hazardous waste. Chemists at the Bergakademie Freiberg have now developed a technology together with industrial partners in order to [...]
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Rare earth as industrial gold
by Johannes Fritsche Schwarzwälder-Bote, December 04.12.2014th, 18 52:XNUMX pm Without rare earths, modern life and its technologies would be inconceivable. So it was only a matter of time before the main producer China stopped exports and put pressure on the West. Mayor Thomas Herzog presented a not so familiar, but important topic in the city's economic discussion on [...]
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Chile News
December 2014 IN THE FOCUS On our own behalf: AHK Chile closed between Christmas and New Year The offices of AHK Chile will close on December 24th at 13 p.m. Chilean time and will reopen on Friday, January 2, 2015 at 9 a.m. - AHK Chile and VDI / VDE-IT sign cooperation agreement The AHK Chile and VDI / VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH (VDI / VDE-IT) [...]
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Chile's President Michelle Bachelet; Guest of honor at the German-Chilean Raw Materials Forum of the AHK Chile in Berlin
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Guest of Honor at the German-Chilean Raw Materials Forum of the AHK Chile in Berlin The President of the AHK Chile, Juan Pablo Hess, and General Manager Cornelia Sonnenberg were participants in the official government delegation The strategic topics of the German-Chilean Chamber of Commerce - Mining and Raw Materials, Energy, Innovation and technology transfer as well as vocational education and training - were the focus of the two [...]
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"Raw materials will become scarce again"
Raw material security is an important topic at the 14th Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business. Manuela Kasper-Claridge in conversation with the chairman of the Federation of German Industries, Ulrich Grillo. DW: Why is the subject of raw materials so important for Southeast Asia? Ulrich Grillo: Of course, Southeast Asia has many raw materials and raw materials are becoming increasingly scarce, even if the supply is currently good. [...]
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Even rare earths affected by tax reform
In the future, rare earths in China will no longer be taxed according to quantity, but rather according to price. Experts fear a further increase in the illegal trade in the coveted raw materials. The resource tax is to be massively increased across China. According to the government's will, a tax of 22 percent is to be levied on light rare earth elements from northern China [...]
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