Prospective analysis of the flows of certain rare earths in Europe at the 2020 horizon

Waste Management

Volumn 49, Issue , 2016, Pages 427-436

  Rollat, Alain ^a   Guyonnet, Dominique ^b   Planchon, Mariane ^c   Tuduri, Johann ^b  

^a SOLVAY S A   (Belgium)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c BIO by Deloitte   (France)

Author keywords

Europe; Future demand; Material flow analysis; Rare earths

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHAINS; DYSPROSIUM; ECONOMICS; EUROPIUM; EXTRACTION; FABRICATION; FLUORESCENCE; FORECASTING; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MAGNETS; RECYCLING;

EUROPE; EUROPEAN LEGISLATION; FUTURE DEMAND; LOW CARBON ENERGIES; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING POTENTIAL; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION;

RARE EARTHS;

CARBON; DYSPROSIUM; EUROPIUM; LANTHANIDE; NEODYMIUM; PRASEODYMIUM; TERBIUM; YTTRIUM;

EUROPIUM; FORECASTING METHOD; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; EUROPE; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; FORECASTING; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MAGNET; MATERIALS HANDLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECYCLING; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; POWER SUPPLY; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS;

EUROPE;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EUROPE; MAGNETS; METALS, RARE EARTH; RECYCLING;

EID: 84955290124     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.01.011     Document Type: Article

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