Recycling of critical metals by granular biomass Ghent University
The increasing world population, the striving for a high standard of living, the glory of high-tech products and the emerging low-carbon energy technologies, have all together resulted in an ever-increasing demand for specialty metals. Unfortunately, the supply of these precious resources is unsteady, since the reserves are unequally distributed over the world and are often susceptible to geopolitical tensions. Besides, their primary mining ...