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Austrian reearchers use bioleaching and bioaccumulation process for recovering rare earths

Austrian reearchers use bioleaching and bioaccumulation process for recovering rare earths

June 27, 2024 |

In Austria, a research collaboration between BOKU Tulln and IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems is using the further development of bioleaching and bioaccumulation to develop a two-stage, environmentally friendly and sustainable process for recovering rare earths. In the bioaccumulation step, metal recovery rates of up to 85% were achieved from electronic scrap. The key […]

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