Reclaiming rare earth elements from end-of-life products: A review of the perspectives for urban mining using hydrometallurgical unit operations

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 239-258

  Tunsu, Cristian ^a   Petranikova, Martina ^a   Gergorić, Marino ^a   Ekberg, Christian ^a   Retegan, Teodora ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hydrometallurgy; Rare earth elements; Recycling; Urban mining; Waste processing

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; HYDROMETALLURGY; ORE TREATMENT; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RECYCLING;

END-OF-LIFE PRODUCTS; HYDROMETALLURGICAL METHODS; NI-MH BATTERIES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REES); SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STATE OF THE ART; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTE PRODUCTS;

RARE EARTHS;

EID: 84939573324     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2015.06.007     Document Type: Article

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