Recycling of rare earths started
The French company Rhodia opened the world's first factory in La Rochelle to recycle rare earths on a large scale. This is what Technology Review reports in its current issue 01/2013 (available recently at the kiosk or free of charge directly in the Heise Shop). For a long time, the 17 elements were recycled - from lanthanum for batteries to europium for [...]
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Experts call for better recovery of precious metals from old equipment
Experts call for better precious metal recovery from old devices 09.07.2012/310/7.500 Accra / Bonn / Milan - The gold and silver treasure in old electronic devices is growing and growing: Every year 21 tons of gold and 85 tons of silver with an equivalent of XNUMX billion dollars are spent in high-tech Devices such as laptops, smartphones or tablets are installed. The majority of these precious metals - XNUMX percent - fizzle out [...]
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Important industrial metal remains available
Important industrial metal remains available 27.06.2012/44,8/XNUMX Düsseldorf - According to the report of the International Copper Study Group (ICSG), which has now been published, XNUMX% of the copper used in Europe comes from recycling. This represents a new record and makes it clear that the current copper demand is increasingly being covered by recycling. This "win-win" situation helps to meet the steadily growing need for this [...]
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Mobilization for a revolution in raw materials
Mobilization for a revolution in raw materials 18.05.2012/XNUMX/XNUMX - McKinsey has published an interesting report on the raw material situation in the next few years. With the global middle class growing by around three billion people, raw material extraction, recycling and distribution must be rethought. New technologies must be used to recycle valuable raw materials [...]
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Successful working group in the target field "Magnesium Recycling / Magnesium Protection Technology" at the TU Clausthal enthused about 30 players from the business world
Successful working group in the target field "Magnesium recycling / magnesium protection technology" at the TU Clausthal excited around 30 actors from the economy State initiative Nano and Material Innovations Lower Saxony organized a joint working group with the TU Clausthal and Volkswagen AG 03.05.2012 Göttingen - Magnesium is the lightest metal , which is used in automotive series production and is an essential driver for the construction of [...]
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Precious waste
Precious waste 02.05.2012/70/XNUMX - Waste is too precious to simply throw away. Six EU countries have also recognized this and now have waste recycling rates of up to XNUMX percent. The recycling frontrunners are thus also showing the rest of the EU countries the way towards resource efficiency, and that is sorely needed. Because in nine member states of the EU [...]
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Shanghai: Where to go with the old phones?
Shanghai: what to do with the old cell phones? 23.04.2012/2007/90 - According to a report by the United Nations, the amount of electronic waste has increased sevenfold since XNUMX. Many believe the simplest solution would be to simply recycle the old equipment. However, this idea seems to be taking off slowly. It was in the early XNUMXs when the family [...]
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Honda extracts rare earth from used parts
Honda extracts rare earths from used parts 18.04.2012/XNUMX/XNUMX, Tokyo / Offenbach - worldwide for the first time as a series process. From the end of April, Honda will be using the world's first serial process for extracting rare earths from used products. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and Japan Metals & Chemicals Co., Ltd. announced in Tokyo. Honda's goal [...]
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Landfill instead of mine - garbage as a lucrative source of raw materials
April 08.04.2012th, XNUMX - Landfill instead of mine - Garbage as a lucrative source of raw materials Recycling is becoming more and more attractive as a source of material - especially with rising oil prices. Many processing plants are already lacking supplies: They are looking for material in old landfills. When the price of oil rises, most companies groan. The Austrian-American company MBA Polymers is doing quite differently. The company provides [...]
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Old cell phones hold millions of dollars worth of treasure
01.04.2012/80/XNUMX - Old cell phones hold treasure worth millions Millions of old cell phones lie in drawers and cupboards. Industry and politics want to finally use the devices. XNUMX percent of the raw materials in old cell phones can be recycled. It is probably one of the least secured treasures in Germany, but it is extremely valuable. The Germans hoard almost two tons of gold [...]
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