Materials flow analysis of neodymium, status of rare earth metal in the Republic of Korea

Waste Management

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 351-360

  Swain, Basudev ^a   Kang, Leeseung ^a   Mishra, Chinmayee ^a   Ahn, JoongWoo ^b   Hong, Hyun Seon ^b  

^a Institute for Advanced Engineering (IAE)   (South Korea)

^b Sungshin Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Material flow analysis; Neodymium; Rare earth elements; Resources recycling; Urban mining; Waste management

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; METAL ANALYSIS; NEODYMIUM; PERMANENT MAGNETS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; RECYCLING; SUPPLY CHAINS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS FLOW ANALYSIS; MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENTS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REES); RESOURCES RECYCLING; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

NEODYMIUM ALLOYS;

LANTHANIDE; NEODYMIUM;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; NEODYMIUM; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATERIALS FLOW ANALYSIS; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOUTH KOREA; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; URBAN MINING; PROCEDURES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SOUTH KOREA;

NEODYMIUM; RECYCLING; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84955452276     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.07.020     Document Type: Article

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