EU PROJECT DEVELOPS DEEP MINING STRATEGIES
May 1st, 2016
An EU-funded project has developed innovative deep-mining strategies that are set to cut Europe’s dependence on the imported rare earth elements (REEs) within four years with less environmental damage.
The I²MINE – or ‘innovative technologies and concepts for the intelligent deep mine of the future’ – aimed to secure European access to the 15 lanthanides, as well as scandium and yttrium [ARE THESE IN SPECIFIC LOCATIONS/ REGIONS?], which are increasingly needed for smartphones, computers and hi-tech car components. Europe is severely dependent on ...
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