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Deep Eutectic Solvents, Fifty Shades of Grey and Brexit
In their “Fifty Shades of Grey” project, Stelios Spathariotis and Prof. Andy Abbott (both University of Leicester) used Deep Eutectic Solvents to create a Union Jack art piece made by fifty different spots of metal colour…
Read More »Prof. Binnemans wins LeCoq de Boisbaudran award at ICfE-10
Prof. Koen Binnemans was given the LeCoq de Boisbaudran award for his “outstanding and long-lasting contribution” in the field of rare earth recycling. The prize was awarded at ICfE-10 (Sep’ 3–6, 2018) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Read More »Why the EV industry must work together with REE producers
In a new DEMETER Policy Brief, Gwendolyn Bailey and Karel Van Acker (KU Leuven) motivate why the time has come for the electric-vehicle industry (EV industry) to start working together with the producers of rare earths (REEs).
Read More »Rare-earth magnet recycling tech wins innovation award
An acid-free dissolution rare-earth magnet recycling process has earned a 2018 Notable Technology Development Award from the Federal Laboratories Consortium (FLC). Researchers at the Critical Materials Institute (CMI) and Ames Laboratory invented a magnet recycling process in which magnets are ...
Read More »Outstanding Student Poster Award
DEMETER researcher Arnab Chakraborty has won the “Outstanding Student Poster Award” for his work on Magnetic properties of exchange-coupled nanocomposites obtained by milling α-Fe and recycled SmCo5 (download poster) at ISMANAM 2018 (Link) (25th International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous, and Nanostructured Materials). Authors: A Chakraborty; R Hirian, I ...
Read More »Novel Sm/Co separation process for SmCo magnets
SIM² KU Leuven researchers have developed a novel approach to separate samarium from cobalt originating from SmCo magnets. Their newly published paper introduces very simple and cheap-to-maintain solvent extraction processes.
Read More »MSA: a green solvent for REE recovery
Within the EU Horizon 2020 REMAGHIC project, SIM² KU Leuven developed a novel process to recover rare earths (REEs) from lamp phosphor waste by dissolution in concentrated methanesulphonic acid (MSA), which is a green solvent.
Read More »Call for applicants: 15 PhD positions in CHARMING
The EU Horizon 2020 MSCA-ETN CHARMING consortium is looking for a dynamic team of 15 bright and enthusiastic PhD students. The call for applicants is now officially open. PhD candidates need to apply on-line through the CHARMING application tool. The ...
Read More »Call for applicants: 15 PhD positions in SULTAN
Applications are invited for 15 PhD positions in the new EU Horizon 2020 MSCA-ETN SULTAN project (EU Training Network for the Remediation and Reprocessing of Sulfidic Mining Waste Sites). Deadline for applications is 15-8-2018.
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