Recent advances in the global rare-earth supply chain
Abstract
The current global rare-earth element (REE) supply chain is highly imbalanced and tightly controlled by just a few countries. Such an imbalance of the critical metals supply chain poses a significant challenge to the energy-transition strategies and the national security of many countries. As such, this issue of MRS Bulletin delves into the materials science aspects of the REE supply chain, including fundamental REE mineralogy, REE separation and extraction, REE mining economics, the environmental impacts of REE mining and processing, and circular economy potential for REEs. This issue of MRS Bulletin is meant to inform the materials science community of some of the constraints on REE production from the mining of ore deposits, through processing technologies, and then finally, the possibility of recycling.
- Authors:
-
[1];
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1902962
- Report Number(s):
- INL/JOU-21-65262-Rev001
Journal ID: ISSN 0883-7694; TRN: US2311241
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC07-05ID14517
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- MRS Bulletin
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 47; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0883-7694
- Publisher:
- Materials Research Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS; Rare Earth Elements; Supply Chain
Citation Formats
Pawar, Gorakh M., and Ewing, Rodney C. Recent advances in the global rare-earth supply chain. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1557/s43577-022-00305-6.
Pawar, Gorakh M., & Ewing, Rodney C. Recent advances in the global rare-earth supply chain. United States. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43577-022-00305-6
Pawar, Gorakh M., and Ewing, Rodney C. Thu .
"Recent advances in the global rare-earth supply chain". United States. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43577-022-00305-6. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1902962.
@article{osti_1902962,
title = {Recent advances in the global rare-earth supply chain},
author = {Pawar, Gorakh M. and Ewing, Rodney C.},
abstractNote = {The current global rare-earth element (REE) supply chain is highly imbalanced and tightly controlled by just a few countries. Such an imbalance of the critical metals supply chain poses a significant challenge to the energy-transition strategies and the national security of many countries. As such, this issue of MRS Bulletin delves into the materials science aspects of the REE supply chain, including fundamental REE mineralogy, REE separation and extraction, REE mining economics, the environmental impacts of REE mining and processing, and circular economy potential for REEs. This issue of MRS Bulletin is meant to inform the materials science community of some of the constraints on REE production from the mining of ore deposits, through processing technologies, and then finally, the possibility of recycling.},
doi = {10.1557/s43577-022-00305-6},
journal = {MRS Bulletin},
number = 3,
volume = 47,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Thu Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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