Coveted metals from old lamps
Bernd Schlupeck scientists in Saxony have developed a chemical process to obtain rare earths inexpensively from fluorescent sludge from lamp production and fluorescent powder from old tubes. Rare earths are not necessarily rare, but often expensive raw materials that are used in almost all high-tech products. "So, this is now the stirred tank where the phosphors are processed." Peter Fröhlich, [...]
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gold Property
Copper, cobalt, rare earths: At the bottom of the deep sea there are treasures that actually only need to be recovered. But the costs and consequences are unclear. From Alexander's forehead The gold lies on the floor. You just have to find it. And mill out. And suck in. And bring them to the surface of the sea, cart them ashore, separate, clean, process. And then […]
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Tariffs on rare earths are abolished
Rare earth export taxes will be abolished on May 1, the Chinese Ministry of Finance announced in a statement on Thursday. A move that analysts say will stimulate China's exports of the rare resource. On rare earths (SE) - a group of minerals vital to the technology and defense industries - as well as tungsten, [...]
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ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products signs agreement for rare earths
Essen: ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products has signed an acceptance agreement with the mining company Rainbow Rare Earths Limited. As part of the ten-year agreement, the company assures the Materials Services business area that it will market 5.000 tons of rare earth concentrate and downstream products such as neodymium oxide, praseodymium oxide and lanthanum oxide per year. Rare earths are found, for example, in batteries, magnets or LED screens [...]
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STUTTGART Small subjects very big
Semitic studies, Indology, meteorology or biophysics - all of these courses are classed as “small subjects” at universities. Nevertheless, they are important. A state initiative aims to ensure quality and continuity. There is no crowding here: of the almost 30.000 students in Tübingen, not 100 have enrolled in paleoanthropology. Those who do their bachelor's degree here are the oldest [...]
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How short are our metal raw materials?
Researchers determine supply risk for 62 important elements Whether gallium, chromium or rare earths - many metals are indispensable for modern technology. In the most comprehensive analysis to date, researchers have now determined the criticality of 62 elements where there is a threat of supply bottlenecks or shortages. As it shows, the supply risk is particularly high for metals, which [...]
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DERA publishes new raw material list
NEWS 23.03.2015/300/XNUMX | MARKT DERA publishes new raw materials list The German Raw Materials Agency (DERA) today published the new DERA raw materials list for global supply concentration. Around a third of the almost XNUMX examined mineral raw materials and commercial products show increased price and delivery risks in this regard. They include steel refiners such as niobium, vanadium and tungsten, but also high-tech metals such as rare earths, germanium, platinum metals [...]
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China is making rare earths attractive again
March 13.03th, 10:21 am Hasso Bergmann Not a day without new news from China on the economic situation and the government's measures. For us there is not a day without Dax records and discussions about the consequences of the financial repression and Draghi's bond purchase program that has now begun. As strange as it may look in the eyes of the Greeks - with a few exceptions the world experiences [...]
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NEW LAW Fight the electronic waste
By THORSTEN KNUF The federal government presents a draft law based on the EU model. Accordingly, dealers should be obliged to take back discarded electrical devices. By 2019, 65 percent of electronic waste should be recycled. A lot of old electrical appliances are stored in many basements or storage rooms - such as discarded televisions, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, kettles or cell phones. Such devices must not be disposed of with normal household waste. [...]
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Despite all the problems: rare earths - starts a recovery?
Bjoern Junker - 11 3 2015 It says a lot about the state of the rare earths industry that the third largest company outside of China - and owner of one of the most important projects for so-called heavy rare earths - is valued at less than $ 100 million. This is the Australian Northern Minerals (WKN A0LBN5), which recently launched a [...]
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