Improving sustainable recovery of metals from waste printed circuit boards by the primary copper smelter process

Measuring the recyclability of e-waste: an innovative method and its implications

“…manual dismantling, mechanical treatment, or thermal treatment) and chemical recovery (e.g. hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy) (Le et al, 2014;Zeng et al, , 2015a.…”

Resource-availability scenario analysis for formal and informal recycling of end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment in China

“…Some research groups have focused on the secondary metal resources obtained from EoL EEE [9,[16][17][18][19][20]. Tasaki et al [18] presented three indices (resource consumption, water pollution influencing human health, and aquatic biota conservation) for screening 36 metals in EoL EEE using simple assessment methods.…”

Metal valorization from the waste produced in the manufacturing of Co/Mo catalysts: leaching and selective precipitation

“…The development of processes for the recovery of valuable metals from WEEE (waste electric and electronic equipment), spent catalysts, fly ash, and low-grade ores became a strategic research field for the last decade due to the high demand for critical metals and the rarefaction of metal resources. Pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy are the main processes for valorization of these mineral resources; gravimetric and magnetic separations of grinded materials are the first steps for the enrichment and separation of inorganic solids, prior to calcining, roasting or smelting (for pyrometallurgy) [1,2] or to leaching (for hydrometallurgy) [3][4][5]. Hydrometallurgy can be applied after pyrometallurgy has produced enriched solid concentrates for further separation.…”