From Critical Raw Materials to Circular Raw Materials. [PDF]
ChemSusChemAbstractThis perspective addresses the key challenge of advancing the use of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) and proposes a transition towards circular raw material management. In the context of our current economy, the unsustainable consumption, environmental degradation, geopolitical risks, and economic vulnerabilities associated with CRMs highlight ...
van Gaalen JM, Chris Slootweg J.
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Development of Raw Materials and Technology for Pulping-A Brief Review. [PDF]
Polymers (Basel), 2023 Paper is one of the most significant inventions in human civilization, which considerably advanced global cultural development. Pulping is a key step in the conversion of fiber raw materials into paper.
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Leaching of polymetallic Cu-Zn-Pb concentrate with sodium nitrate in sulphuric acid [PDF]
Tehnika, 2021 The results of polymetallic sulphide Cu-Zn-Pb concentrate leaching with sulphuric acid in the presence of sodium nitrate as an oxidizing agent, at atmospheric pressure, are presented and discussed.
Sokić Miroslav D. +6 more
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Understanding Rare Earth Elements as Critical Raw Materials
Sustainability, 2023 The boom in technological advances in recent decades has led to increased demand for rare earth elements (REEs) (also known as rare earth metals) across various industries with wide-ranging industrial applications, including in the clean energy sector ...
W. Leal Filho +5 more
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Membranes, 2023 The need for pulp and paper has risen significantly due to exponential population growth, industrialization, and urbanization. Most paper manufacturing industries use wood fibers to meet pulp and paper requirements. The shortage of fibrous wood resources
Limenew Abate Worku +4 more
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Challenges and opportunities of the European Critical Raw Materials Act
Mineral Economics, 2023 The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) is an essential regulatory framework designed to address the pressing challenges faced by the European Union (EU) in the strategic sectors of decarbonization, digitalization, and aerospace and defense.
Alessandra Hool +2 more
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A Digital Product Passport for Critical Raw Materials Reuse and Recycling
Sustainability, 2023 The reuse and recycling of critical raw materials is limited, as waste electrical and electronic recycling focuses on base and precious metals, and device component reuse is in its infancy. To help to address this issue this paper provides the conceptual
R. Koppelaar +13 more
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To what extent do soft mechanical activation and process parameters increase the efficiency of different zeolite/phosphate rock fertilizer mixtures? [PDF]
Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly, 2017 In order to obtain effective mineral fertilizer, different mixtures of phosphate rock (PR) with natural clinoptilolite (Cp) and NH4+ saturated clinoptilolite (NH4-Cp) were subjected to soft mechanical activation.
Mihajlović Marija +6 more
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The possibilities of obtaining metallic calcium from Serbian carbonate mineral raw materials [PDF]
Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly, 2014 The experimental investigations defined both the technological scheme of the calcium production from limestone by aluminothermic process and the basic operating parameters of the particular technological phases.
Sokić Miroslav +6 more
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Improvement of energy properties of lignocellulosic waste by thermochemical conversion into biochar [PDF]
Hemijska Industrija, 2023 Peach stones, a valuable agro-industrial by-product available in many countries worldwide, comprise a renewable resource, which can be widely applied for multifunctional purposes.
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