Rare Earth Elements News - Taiwanese Call for greater focus on recycling rare earth metals

Rare earth recycling is once again making headlines, with experts in Taiwan stating that the country should be aiming to make the recycling of used electronic devices a major development goal moving forward.

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Although the message comes from a country located right next to the world’s largest source of rare earth elements (REEs), namely China, it is hardly unique. More and more consumer nations are becoming increasingly concerned as to what the future holds for rare earth elements supply channels as an already unsettled market struggles with volatile price conditions. As a result, more and more manufacturing-focus
ed countries are beginning to direct their attention to the process of recycling these elements.

Taiwanese experts have stated that the recycling of REEs will need to be become a priority as the recycled material will likely be able to support renewable energy generation and cut the country’s external dependence on such materials.

Speaking at an international conference on recycling, Ma Hsiao-kang, a professor of mechanical engineering at National Taiwan University, said that in the next decade, Taiwan could be able to process electronic waste, which contains metals such as lutetium and terbium, two metals that are key to low-carbon energy technologies.

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