Result description
The New-RE Project is setting new standards in the endof-life management of high-tech products by introducing an advanced hydrometallurgical process to recover REEs from PMs from different waste streams. With the support of an automated disassembly system for efficient extraction from HDDs, New-RE makes recycling more effective and sustainable. Our pilot plant can process over 20 tons of PMs annually, recovering more than 5 tons of REE compounds. The process employs environmentally friendly organic acid solutions, which can be reused up to five times ensuring minimal environmental impact.
Addressing target audiences and expressing needs
- Help in technical expertise
- Use of research Infrastructure
- Collaboration
This is a call for the stakeholders interested in knowing how the project will evolve and which results will be achieved.
IF YOU ARE: industrial operators in the field of Permanent Magnets, WEEE pre-treatment operators, electric vehicles manufacturers, public authorities, universities, researchers, or interested private citizens…
…you will be invited to project workshops, where you will be updated on project results and involved as an external partner for the collection of relevant feedback.
- Research and Technology Organisations
R&D, Technology and Innovation aspects
This pioneering technology will be scaled up under INSPIREE, a project funded by CINEA within the LIFE program. When fully operational, the INSPIREE plant will treat up to 2,000 tons of PMs each year, resulting in the recovery of more than 500 tons of REE compounds. With New-RE and INSPIREE, we are paving the way for a more sustainable, resource-efficient future.
In seven environmental impact categories, recycled REOs from the New-RE recycling process have a lower footprint than China’s commercial primary production routes. In terms of other environmental impact categories, such as climate change and particulate matter formation, the New-RE recycling process outperforms the impactful primary production route from Kaolin clay.
