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Project brings rare earth recovery into e-scrap facility

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A pilot project is demonstrating a bolt-on modular system that could make it logistically and economically feasible for e-scrap processors to recover rare earth elements from end-of-life electronics within their existing facilities.

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Australian metals company rebrands, builds Texas plant

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MTM Critical Metals, a metals refiner that processes e-scrap, will expand operations beyond Western Australia and into the U.S. amid a rebranding, the company announced during a recent investor call.

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Survey provides look at Canadian electronics recycling

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The portion of Canadians reporting unwanted electronics awaiting disposal was flat to lower, according to the most recent national survey measuring how residents are generating and managing e-scrap amid increased use of technology.

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FROM THE PRINT EDITION

All eyes on Basel

by Colin Staub

Industry watchdogs have called on the e-scrap sector to step up to new international standards.

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Right to repair hits its stride

by Dan Holtmeyer and Marissa Heffernan

With more state laws, parts-pairing bans and manufacturer acquiescence, the right-to-repair movement enters a new phase.

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Mining the e-scrap stream

by Marissa Heffernan and Colin Staub

Companies, researchers and government agencies continue to explore new ways of recovering precious and common metals.

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First-person Perspective: The dry-versus-wet debate of lithium battery recycling

by John Neuens

In many ways, wet processing safer, faster, and more efficient for recycling battery packs than dry processing, an industrial consultant says.

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First-person Perspective: Factors point to more recycling of precious metals

by Bodo Albrecht

Aging mines and other trends portend widespread change for the precious-metals landscape, the president of Tanaka Precious Metals (Americas) says.

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