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Recovery of Valuable Raw Materials: Researcher Hawi Lemma Challa at the pilot plant of Fraunhofer IKTS in Freiberg.

 

Magnets are required for electric vehicles, wind turbines and electronics. Rare earths such as neodymium, around 90 percent of which are imported from China, are essential for production. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS, together with project partner TU Bergakademie Freiberg, are developing a technology that enables these valuable raw materials to be recovered in Germany and reused for new products.

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