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POSSIBILITIES OF NEODYMIUM RECOVERY FROM USED ND-FE-B MAGNETS

1 SATERNUS Mariola
Institution:
1 Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy, Katowice, Poland, EU, mariola.saternus@polsl.pl
Conference:
27th International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials, Hotel Voronez I, Brno, Czech Republic, EU, May 23rd - 25th 2018
Proceedings:
Proceedings 27th International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials
Pages:
1436-1441
ISBN:
978-80-87294-84-0
ISSN:
2694-9296
Published:
24th October 2018
Proceedings of the conference were published in Web of Science and Scopus.
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Abstract

Today neodymium plays a very important role as a main component of Nd-Fe-B magnets, which are indispensable for clean energy application. Therefore, the short information about neodymium and its production in the last years are presented. The article briefly gives also the short characteristics of Nd-Fe-B magnets, as well as their appliances and methods of obtaining. For these magnets, the amount of production was compared in 1987-2016, and the main producers in 2015 are indicated. Perspectives for the production of Nd-Fe-B magnets in the following years are shown including the declining resources of rare earth metals and the simultaneous increase of their demand and taking into account the dominant producer and monopoly of China. The review of available methods of recycling of Nd-Fe-B magnets is presented focusing on hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical methods.

Keywords: Neodymium, Nd-Fe-B magnets, methods of Nd-Fe-B magnets recycling

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