Rare earth (RE) permanent magnets are essential components for successful green and
digital transition. This paper extensively reviews the properties, recycling potential, and …

The shift towards renewable energy sources combined with other factors, such as
population increase, digitalisation, and a need to decrease carbon footprint, leads to …

Rising geopolitical tensions and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have intensified
concerns about securing access to the critical raw materials (CRMs) that are needed for the …

Complexes formed between the heaviest and lightest elements in the periodic table yield the
f-block hydrides, a unique class of compounds with wide-ranging utility and interest, from …

Finite or scarce metal supplies, rising demand, declining ore grades, and prospects of
creating a climate-friendly metallurgical industry pose both a challenge and an opportunity …

Rare earth elements (REEs) are key materials for the development of renewable energy
devices such as high-power magnets for wind turbines, electric vehicles, or fuel cells for …

In recent years, the increasing demand and rising prices of rare earth elements (REEs),
along with their attendant supply risk (about 95% of these elements are supplied by China) …

Abstract Sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets industrially produced employing the grain boundary
diffusion process (GBD) were recycled by the so-called functional or short-loop recycling …

The increased demand for rare earth elements in advanced technological applications and
supply shortages call for metal recovery from secondary sources. Permanent magnet (Nd 2 …

After mechanical pre-treatment, the typical hydrometallurgical route of NdFeB magnet
recycling starts with leaching in acidic solutions. However, due to the high concentration of …