Life-cycle assessment to guide solutions for the triple planetary crisis

S Hellweg, E Benetto, MAJ Huijbregts… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution—the triple planetary crisis—increasingly
threaten the Earth system, necessitating tools such as life-cycle assessment (LCA) that can …

The story of rare earth elements (REEs): Occurrences, global distribution, genesis, geology, mineralogy and global production

N Dushyantha, N Batapola, I Ilankoon, S Rohitha… - Ore Geology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rare earth elements (REEs) including fifteen lanthanides, yttrium and scandium are found in
more than 250 minerals, worldwide. REEs are used in various high-tech applications across …

Exploring Coordination of Neodymium in Ionic Liquid: Insights to Guide Sustainable Recovery

GS Dobhal, LN Pham, SA Tawfik… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Neodymium is a critical metal essential for advancing sustainable clean energy
technologies, as it is a crucial component in the manufacturing of NdFeB permanent …

Rare‐Earth Single Erbium Atoms for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

S Ji, Y Qu, T Wang, Y Chen, G Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The solar‐driven photocatalytic reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) into chemical fuels is a
promising route to enrich energy supplies and mitigate CO2 emissions. However, low …

Progressive utilisation prospects of coal fly ash: A review

ARK Gollakota, V Volli, CM Shu - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid surge in global energy needs has paved way for the development of various
alternatives to natural resources every now and then. However, dependence on coal-based …

A comparative state-of-technology review and future directions for rare earth element separation

EO Opare, E Struhs, A Mirkouei - Renewable and Sustainable energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Growing consumption of rare earth elements (REEs) due to their critical roles in various
sectors (eg, healthcare, energy, transportation, and electronics) has gained attention and …

Sources, behaviour, and environmental and human health risks of high-technology rare earth elements as emerging contaminants

W Gwenzi, L Mangori, C Danha, N Chaukura… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent studies show that high-technology rare earth elements (REEs) of anthropogenic
origin occur in the environment including in aquatic systems, suggesting REEs are …

[HTML][HTML] Review of critical metal dynamics to 2050 for 48 elements

T Watari, K Nansai, K Nakajima - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2020 - Elsevier
Critical metals are technologically vital to the functionality of various emerging technologies,
yet they have a potentially unstable supply. This condition calls for strategic planning based …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of the role of the state in the management of mineral resources

VS Litvinenko, EI Petrov, DV Vasilevskaya… - Записки Горного …, 2023 - cyberleninka.ru
Mineral resources as natural capital can be transformed into human, social and physical
capital that guarantees the sustainable development of a country, exclusively through …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of Chinese policies on rare earth supply chain resilience

NA Mancheri, B Sprecher, G Bailey, J Ge… - Resources, Conservation …, 2019 - Elsevier
Rare earths elements (REE) are considered as strategic resources because they interact
with business and governments' direct policy interventions. Policy interventions can have a …