Recycling of rare earth elements � Methods for the measurement of rare earth elements in industrial waste and end-of-life products

2021 ◽  
Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1202
Author(s):  
Guilhem Arrachart ◽  
Julien Couturier ◽  
Sandrine Dourdain ◽  
Clément Levard ◽  
Stéphane Pellet-Rostaing

Rare earth elements (REEs) are becoming more and more significant as they play crucial roles in many advanced technologies. Therefore, the development of optimized processes for their recovery, whether from primary resources or from secondary sources, has become necessary, including recovery from mine tailings, recycling of end-of-life products and urban and industrial waste. Ionic solvents, including ionic liquids (ILs) and deep-eutectic solvents (DESs), have attracted much attention since they represent an alternative to conventional processes for metal recovery. These systems are used as reactive agents in leaching and extraction processes. The most significant studies reported in the last decade regarding the recovery of REEs are presented in this review.


2019 ◽  
Vol 236 ◽  
pp. 117573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Omodara ◽  
Satu Pitkäaho ◽  
Esa-Matti Turpeinen ◽  
Paula Saavalainen ◽  
Kati Oravisjärvi ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 753-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Dhammika Bandara ◽  
Kathleen D. Field ◽  
Marion H. Emmert

This manuscript describes the development of an efficient process for the recovery of rare earth elements from materials mixtures such as in motors with a recovery rate of >80%. Selective dissolution enables efficient separation of steel and copper and selective precipitation of RE salts is the key for obtaining pure RE products.


2015 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 239-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristian Tunsu ◽  
Martina Petranikova ◽  
Marino Gergorić ◽  
Christian Ekberg ◽  
Teodora Retegan

2022 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
pp. 107361
Author(s):  
Payam Rasoulnia ◽  
Robert Barthen ◽  
Aino-Maija Lakaniemi ◽  
Harri Ali-Löytty ◽  
Jaakko A. Puhakka

Metals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marino Gergoric ◽  
Christophe Ravaux ◽  
Britt-Marie Steenari ◽  
Fredrik Espegren ◽  
Teodora Retegan

Over the last decade, rare-earth elements (REEs) have become critical in the European Union (EU) in terms of supply risk, and they remain critical to this day. End-of-life electronic scrap (e-scrap) recycling can provide a partial solution to the supply of REEs in the EU. One such product is end-of-life neodymium (NdFeB) magnets, which can be a feasible source of Nd, Dy, and Pr. REEs are normally leached out of NdFeB magnet waste using strong mineral acids, which can have an adverse impact on the environment in case of accidental release. Organic acids can be a solution to this problem due to easier handling, degradability, and less poisonous gas evolution during leaching. However, the literature on leaching NdFeB magnets waste with organic acids is very scarce and poorly investigated. This paper investigates the recovery of Nd, Pr, and Dy from NdFeB magnets waste powder using leaching and solvent extraction. The goal was to determine potential selectivity between the recovery of REEs and other impurities in the material. Citric acid and acetic acid were used as leaching agents, while di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (D2EHPA) was used for preliminary solvent extraction tests. The highest leaching efficiencies were achieved with 1 mol/L citric acid (where almost 100% of the REEs were leached after 24 h) and 1 mol/L acetic acid (where >95% of the REEs were leached). Fe and Co—two major impurities—were co-leached into the solution, and no leaching selectivity was achieved between the impurities and the REEs. The solvent extraction experiments with D2EHPA in Solvent 70 on 1 mol/L leachates of both acetic acid and citric acid showed much higher affinity for Nd than Fe, with better extraction properties observed in acetic acid leachate. The results showed that acetic acid and citric acid are feasible for the recovery of REEs out of NdFeB waste under certain conditions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (18) ◽  
pp. 15311-15319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyue Jin ◽  
David W. Reed ◽  
Vicki S. Thompson ◽  
Yoshiko Fujita ◽  
Yongqin Jiao ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (29) ◽  
pp. 36052-36074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teklit Gebregiorgis Ambaye ◽  
Mentore Vaccari ◽  
Francine Duarte Castro ◽  
Shiv Prasad ◽  
Sami Rtimi

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