Rare earth: Europe wants to become less dependent on China
Last week, a new industry association was founded in Brussels to bring together all players in the supply chain for rare earths. These raw materials are critical to renewable and low carbon technologies. The new association is "the first truly global network" for rare earths and metals, said representatives of the association at a founding event on Wednesday. The group […]
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Debate on supply-critical raw materials shows growing importance of graphite
Debate about supply-critical raw materials shows growing importance of graphite New Pentagon study speaks of graphite deficit (Mynewsdesk) VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - (Marketwired) - 04/14/15 - - US Senator calls for a change in policy on supply-critical minerals. (Mynewsdesk) VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - (Marketwired) - 04/14/15 - - US Senator calls for a change in policy on minerals that are critical of supply. - Member of the Advisory Board of Graphite One becomes [...]
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Thuringian researchers want to establish recycling of rare earths in this country
Metals of the so-called rare earths are found in most electronic devices today. The Thuringian researcher Ralf Müller wants to promote the recycling of such materials in this country. Weimar. Who likes to forego quality of life - most people take electricity from the socket as a matter of course, as do using a mobile phone. But for all of this to work smoothly, [...]
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China's market share for rare earths is dropping noticeably
China is losing ground in the rare earths that are so important to industry: four years ago the country had a monopoly with a market share of almost 98 percent - now there is some competition. China retains its enormous market power in the production of rare earths, but is slowly losing shares. While in 2010 97,6 percent of high-tech metals [...]
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Dominican Republic: Looking for * Rare Earth * in the Sierra de Bahoruco
27 Dec 2014 08:21 Santo Domingo - The National Geological Service (SGN), the Ministry of Higher Education and universities from Spain and the USA announced at the beginning of December that the search for "rare earths" ores in the Sierra de Bahoruco, in the southwestern province of Pedernales. The name of the rare earth comes from [...]
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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 earths: Russia wants to compete with China
October 17, 2014 Darja Kesina, RBTH Russia is entering the market for rare earth metals, which are coveted around the world. So far the Chinese have dominated there. A unique mining technology developed at the Ural Federal University could help change that. Scientists from the Ural Federal University have developed a sorbent that enables the extraction of rare earth metals [...]
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Germany gets license to search for raw materials in the sea
In future, Germany will be allowed to search for valuable raw materials in the Indian Ocean. The approval was approved on July 21 by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Jamaica, reports the "Spiegel" in advance from its new edition. The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) in Hanover wants to explore an area of 10.000 square kilometers southeast of Madagascar at a depth of 3000 meters. "There […]
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Öko-Institut calls for recycling system for rare earths
Whenever a hard drive or DVD player ends up in the garbage in Germany, rare earth metals are lost. This waste is unacceptable for the Öko-Institut. It calls for a recycling system for the expensive raw material. A small hard drive from Toshiba: Rare earths are often found in the high-performance magnets of the small motors. When scrapping, [...]
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Improve the recycling of rare earths in electric motors
09.07.2014/09/17, XNUMX:XNUMX AM | Science | Author: idw | For the recycling of rare earths from permanent magnets in modern and highly efficient electric motors, sustainable recycling concepts must be developed in the coming years. The motors of industrial applications are not yet collected and disposed of separately at the end of their life; the potential for the recovery of the rare earths is thus not increased. This results in [...]
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