Recycling of rare earths: A critical review

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-22

  Binnemans, Koen ^a   Jones, Peter Tom ^a   Blanpain, Bart ^a   Van Gerven, Tom ^a   Yang, Yongxiang ^b   Walton, Allan ^c   Buchert, Matthias ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Oeko Institut eV Institute for Applied Ecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balance problem; Lanthanides; Rare earths; Recycling; Resource recovery; Urban mining

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; HYDRIDES; LIFE CYCLE; LIGHT EMISSION; MAGNETS; NEODYMIUM; NICKEL METAL HYDRIDE BATTERIES; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PHOSPHORS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; RECYCLING; SECONDARY BATTERIES;

END-OF-LIFE PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; INDUSTRIAL RESIDUES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REES); RESEARCH EFFORTS; RESOURCE RECOVERY; STATE OF THE ART;

SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING;

EID: 84879926400     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.12.037     Document Type: Review

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