Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Spent NdFeB-Magnets: Separation of Iron through Reductive Smelting of the Oxidized Material (Second Part)

This paper proposes a pyrometallurgical recycling method for end-of-life NdFeB magnets by oxidizing them in air and subsequently smelting them. The smelting process enabled the recovery of rare earth elements (REEs), producing a new reach concentrate separating the iron as a metallic phase. From the...

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Main Authors: Hanwen Chung, Srecko Stopic, Elif Emil-Kaya, Sebahattin Gürmen, Bernd Friedrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Metals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/12/10/1615