Resources
Please check out the sources below for more information on rare earth mining and sustainability.
Ellen MacArthur on the Basics of the Circular Economy
Watch Ellen MacArthur and Joe Iles talk through the various loops on the "butterfly diagram".
Rare Earth Elements: The Intersection of Science and Society
Live event hosted by Ira Flatow.
Review of rare earth elements recovery from secondary resources for clean energy technologies
RARE EARTH ELEMENTS: Sustainable Recovery, Processing, and Purification
Click to read article edited by Athanasios K. Karamalidis and Roderick Eggert
Extraction of Aluminum from Fly-Ash by Commercial and MicrobiologicallyProduced Citric Acid
Click to read article by A. Singer, J. Navrot, and R. Shapira.
Trends in the Rare Earth Element Content of U.S.-Based Coal Combustion Fly Ashes
Click to read article by Ross K. Taggart, James C. Hower, Gary S. Dwyer, and Heileen Hsu-Kim.