The Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy has just published its thematic section on “Green Rare Earth Elements” (Vol 3, Nr 1). The thematic section features a number of innovations with respect to REE production and recycling.

On March 8, 2017, the kick-off meeting of EU H2020 NEOHIRE took place in Brussels. NEOHIRE's core objective is to reduce the use of rare earths (REE), Co and Ga in the permanent magnets used in wind turbine generators.

Our DEMETER 3rd network-wide event took place this time in Ljubljana and was organized by our Slovenian partners: JSI and Magneti. As usual, the event started with the WP meeting (on Monday 27th Feb 2017), a day filled with research ...

The first REMAGHIC Newsletter was sent out today by SIM² KU Leuven: it contains items on the Rare-earth Balance Problem, University Training, a guide to Open Access ... You can read the Newslettter here: http://eepurl.com/cCja3f

China produces more than 85% of the global supply of rare earths and the country is also the largest consumer. After hitting the stratosphere in 2011 prices have been decimated. And a surge in exports from China since a ruling ...

3 innovative projects electric traction were presented at Automotive Techdays 2016 For more information please use this link: (French) http://www.auto-innovations.com/site/brevetech/autoTechdays0gt.html  

Prof. Koen Binnemans and co-workers (SIM² KU Leuven) have developed a novel non-aqueous solvent extraction system for separation of rare earths.

The milestone Rare-earth recycling review paper - K. Binnemans et al., Recycling of rare earths: A critical review, J. Clean. Prod. 51 (2013) 1-22 - is the most cited paper in Journal of Cleaner Production published since 2012

During the yearly Marie Sklodowska-Curie Horizon 2020 ITN coordinators information day organised by the EC in Brussels (12-12-2016), the promotional video of ETN DEMETER (launched September 2016) was presented as a Best Practice.

PLATIRUS is a new EU Horizon 2020 project (SC5-13-2016, GA 730224), which aims at reducing the EU deficit of Platinum Group Metals (PGMs).