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Rare Earths MMI: The Rare Earths Downward Spiral Finally Flattens
Acid Free Dissolution Recycling: A Second Chance for Rare Earth Elements
Rare earth metals from environmental-friendly recycling and reduction processes
Recycling International: Commercial opportunity for water-based rare earths solution
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India Education Diary: Ames Laboratory: green rare-earth recycling goes commercial in the US
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Denis Prodius at Ames Laboratory leads the CMI project "Recovery of critical materials from dilute electronic waste streams"
This project employs environmentally safe and economic approaches to recover critical materials from e-wastes. Research is currently focused on rare earth elements diluted in magnets contained in hard disk drives (HDDs) but will later be extended to other types of e-wastes, e.g., motors, medical devices, and other system containing critical materials. When and where applicable, other critical materials (e.g., cobalt), contained in the same e-wastes as rare earth elements, are recovered. Ultimately, the project targets elimination of toxic chemicals, minimizing of negative environmental impact and recovery of materials suitable for supply chain.
Related information:
CMI Webinars - several CMI webinars have been offered related to recycling and to this project
TechConnect Innovation Award
In this ISU Alumni Association video, CMI leader and researcher Ikenna Nlebedim describes the award-winning acid-free dissolution process developed at Ames National Laboratory and licensed to TdVib in Boone, Iowa