Material flow analysis applied to rare earth elements in Europe

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 107, Issue , 2015, Pages 215-228

  Guyonnet, Dominique ^a   Planchon, Mariane ^b   Rollat, Alain ^c   Escalon, Victoire ^b   Tuduri, Johann ^a   Charles, Nicolas ^a   Vaxelaire, Stéphane ^a   Dubois, Didier ^d   Fargier, Hélène ^d  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b BIO by Deloitte   (France)

^c SOLVAY S A   (Belgium)

^d IRIT   (France)

Author keywords

Material flow analysis (MFA); Rare earth elements (REE)

Indexed keywords

DYSPROSIUM; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; RECYCLING; TERBIUM;

BATTERY APPLICATIONS; DECARBONISATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FINISHED PRODUCTS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RARE EARTH OXIDE; RECYCLING POTENTIAL; SANKEY DIAGRAM;

NEODYMIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84942989229     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.04.123     Document Type: Article

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