IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

Rare earth deposits selected for mapping and exploration

As part of the US Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (EMRI), the USGS, in cooperation with the Montana Bureau of Mines, is conducting a high-resolution flyover, an aeromagnetic...

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Issue 11/2017

Rare earths: Cooperation between Fraunhofer and China

R‌are earths are a key raw material for many high-tech products and are almost exclusively mined in China. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft institutes involved in the lighthouse project “Criticality of...

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Issue 07-08/2022

Rarities?

Dear Readers, Discussions about our long-term raw material resources have been dominating the news of the present for quite some time. How long will phosphorus deposits last in order to be able to...

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Issue 01-02/2010

Raw material and energy sources of the future

2nd Nordhausen Workshop on Waste-Derived Materials, Nordhausen/Germany (22.10.2009)

On 22.10.2009 the Department of Environmental and Recycling Engineering at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences organized in collaboration with the Institute of Mineral and Waste Processing,...

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Issue 01-02/2019 Berlin Recycling and Raw Material Conference 2018

Raw material and resources turnaround – the challenges of the 21st century

I‌ncreasing demand for raw materials, availability of primary raw materials (poorer ores at lower depths, export restrictions), efficient circular economy, Industry 4.0 and digitization – these are...

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Issue 06/2013

Raw material boom in Africa

Dear Readers The African continent has many strategic raw materials, which are interesting for the economy of the world, such as oil, gold, diamonds and ores. The influence of the mining industry...

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Issue 07-08/2018

Raw material extraction

Dear Readers,There are approximately 3500 dams for processing residues in the mining industry worldwide – and the trend is rising due to the decreasing ore content in the mineral deposits. If such a...

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Issue 10/2018 Sand and gravel

Raw material situation in North Rhine-Westphalia

G‌ravel, sand, grit and natural stones are domestic raw materials urgently required for road and housing construction. The demand is rising, but a lot of extraction operations are facing looming...

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Issue 04/2012

Raw material with a future: zinc

The conservative and efficient use of resources stands top of the agenda for companies today. As a framework for this, the EU Commission presented its “Roadmap to a resource-efficient Europe” in...

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Issue 10/2016

Raw materials

Dear Readers Most of the industries are unable to work without raw materials. But how can they be extracted reasonably, cost-effectively and as environmentally compatible as possible? Some of the...

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