Rare Earth Elements: Sustainable Processing, Purification, and Recovery

by Athanasios K. Karamalidis (Editor), Roderick Eggert (Editor)

Overview

Explores innovations in the production of rare earths that would be more sustainable

Rare earth elements are used in many modern technologies including electronics, clean energy, defense, aerospace, and automotive. It is important that increasing demand is met in ways that are more environmentally, socially and economically sustainable than in the past.

Rare Earth Elements: Sustainable Recovery, Processing, and Purification describes sources of rare earths and methods of production that have the potential to make recovery, processing, and purification more sustainable.

Volume highlights include:

• Global overview of rare earth production, reserves, and resources
• Improvements in the recovery process to reduce costs and environmental impacts
• Potential new sources of rare earths that were not previously technically feasible
• Options for recovery of rare earths as byproducts of other activities
• Contributions from experts in academia, industry, government, research, and non-profit organizations

The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119515036
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/11/2024
Series:	Special Publications
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)

About the Author

Athanasios K. Karamalidis, PhD, is an Associate Research Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, and an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Faculty Fellow with the United States Department of Energy.

Roderick Eggert, PhD, is Professor and Viola Vestal Coulter Foundation Chair in Mineral Economics in the Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines, USA, and Deputy Director of the US Department of Energy-funded research consortium, Critical Materials Institute.

Table of Contents

Preface
Contents
Bibliography of Contributors

Rare Earths and Economics

1. Chapter - 1: Rare earths and Applications (Peter Bucholz; German Mineral Resources Agency)

2. Chapter - 2: Occurrence and abundance of Rare earths in conventional and unconventional sources

3. Chapter - 3: Global forecast on Rare earth supply and demand (Thomas Graedel; Yale Univ.)

4. Chapter - 4: Environmental Impacts of REEs and sustainability (Mamadou Diallo; Caltech)

5. Chapter - 5: Evaluation of conventional resources (Alexandre Chagnes; Head of EU PROMETHEE)

Resource Recovery

6. Chapter - 6: Sustainability of processing conventional resources – How do the economics look? (Rod Eggert; Colorado School of Mines)

7. Chapter - 7: Processing of REEs from primary resources - a merit/demerit comparison (Nicholas Arndt and Olivier Vidal; Univ Grenoble)

8. Chapter - 8: Processing of REEs from unconventional resources – Coal Ash (Athanasios Karamalidis; Carnegie Mellon University)

9. Chapter - 9: Processing of REEs from unconventional resources – Bauxite Residues

10. Chapter - 10: Processing of REEs unconventional resources – Phosphate Waste

11. Chapter - 11: Processing of REEs unconventional resources – Liquid Wastes

Advancements in Processing

12. Chapter - 12: Purification of REE – I (SX and potential of increased efficiency) (Koen Binnemans et al; Univ. Luven)

13. Chapter - 13: Purification of REE – II (SPE/IX and the new era of solid adsorbents) (Bruce Moyer; Separations Lead at Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

14. Chapter - 14: Purification of REE – III (Ionic liquids and other technologies)

15. Chapter - 15: Recycling of REE (Alain Rollat; Solvey or Markus Reuter; Helmholtz Insitute for Resource Recovery)

16. Chapter - 16: Future use of REE – Current case studies (?) and future innovative applications (Alex King; Director of Critical Materials Institute)