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The article informs The mining industry, driven by the need to achieve the lowest cost per unit and the highest output, utilizes vibrating screens to reduce waste material and maximize product yield. As the demand for various metals and minerals evolves, screening technology must advance to accommodate changing processing demands, ability to classify complex ores and work alongside ore-sorting systems. Although often overshadowed by transformative technologies like AI and automation.

In "Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future," Vince Beiser explores the harmful environmental and human impacts of the demand for metals used in digital technology, electric vehicles, and renewable energy infrastructure. The author highlights the toxic effects of rare earth metal mines in Baotou, China, and the controversial exemption of Russia's nickel reserves from sanctions. Beiser also emphasizes the challenges and dangers of recycling metal, particularly in a Lagos dump where workers extract valuable metal from discarded electronics. While the author suggests reducing the reliance on cars as a solution, some may find this proposal too narrow in addressing the broader issues driving the metal market. Overall, the book provides a thought-provoking perspective on the complexities of the metal industry's impact on the environment and society. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that Joshua Pearce explains the use of open-source hardware to use recyclables as feedstock for custom 3D-printed products. Topics discussed include several open-source technologies have matured that allow us to use 3D printers in our own homes to recycle waste plastic into valuable product; a and this approach is called "distributed recycling and additive manufacturing", or DRAM for short, and can save you real money.

The article offers information about a pyrolysis unit that allows homes and businesses to process waste into gas for heating. It mentions a 3 kW element heats up the water in the thermosyphon which is under vacuum so boils at 45°C; and also mentions the dried organic material begins to decompose in the absence of oxygen as the temperature in the chamber rises to 300°C.

The article focuses on the report "Mineral Commodity Summaries 2014" published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) which covers the state of raw materials in the U.S. in 2013. Topics discussed include the $74.2 billion mineral raw materials produced in the U.S. mines, the recycled metals and mineral products, and the renewable energy generation and storage. A chart is also presented which provides data on several mineral commodities in 2014 including abrasives, graphite, and magnesium.

The article presents the views of Stephan Kirsch, president of Metso Outotec's new Minerals Business Area, on the next steps for the business and new opportunities. Topics include the combination of mineral processing firms, Metso and Outotec has completed, and Kirsch has mentioned that, as a leading player in the mineral processing sector, Metso Outotec is aiming high with its plans for R&D.

The article reports on focuses on researchers to develop technologies and strategies that economically recover metals and to reuse chemical elements from waste stream. Topics discussed include views of Kathleen S. Smith of the U.S. Geological Survey on the issue, a study led by researcher Paul Westerhoff, which revealed 14 elements that can be recovered from sewage sludge, and views of Christina Leggett of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on method that help extract uranium from ocean. INSET: Scientists Refine Methods For Extracting Uranium From The Ocean.

The latest from Kling (The Kangaroo Chronicles), already in production at HBO, is a hilarious romp through an absurd hypercapitalist dystopia. Peter Jobless is a low- level metal recycling scrapper who, one day, receives a delivery from TheShop that he didn't order - not unusual in itself, as TheShop anticipates all desires (its motto is "We know what you want") - but more importantly, that he doesn't want. Aided by the defective robots living under his shop that he saved from the scrapper, Peter embarks on a journey to return his unwanted delivery. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses that Metso launches My Plant Digital design tool which offers a drag and drop three-dimensional crushing and screening plant configurator that enables professionals in the mining and aggregate industries to design more productive.

The article offers news briefs on technology and industry include Chroma Color Corp., expanding the manufacturing additive technologies of Plastics Color Corp., Tomra opens recycling branch in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Davis-Standard acquiring Deacro Industries, which has produced slitting.

The article discusses the laboratory-scale study by researchers from Germany and France regarding the bioleaching of copper metal from shale deposits in Europe and mentioned the use of biotechnology systems from Brain AG in recovery and extraction of precious metals from waste streams and ores.

The article discusses the advantages of steel as a sustainable construction material. Topics discussed include the durability, strength and recyclability of steel, the commitment of the North American steel industry to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and improve its energy use, and the superior water resource management of the steel industry.

Reports that Vacuum Arc Technologies, Scottsboro, Alabama, has devised a process to recycle the superlight aluminum-lithium alloy used to make the space shuttle's external tank. Details of Vacuum Arc's vacuum alloy separation process; What the process has potential applications for.

The article discusses the study by researchers from the University of South Florida on the ability of fungi to recycle the metals from lithium-ion batteries, which was presented at the national meeting of the professional organization American Chemical Society.

The article offers information on the Conference on Development of Rare Earths?Mining, Extraction, Separation and Application held in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China in July 2014 on rare earths. Topics discussed include rare earth metals (REM) value chain, diminishing the environmental impact of REM extraction, and improving the methods of recycling REM. Other topic discussed include presence of radioactive metal thorium in REM ores.

The article reports on the large-scale effort announced by automaker Honda Motor Co. Ltd. to recycle rare earths, wherein, the company establishes a mass-production process to recapture rare-earth metals from used Honda parts in April 2012 as part of a joint effort with Japan Metals & Chemicals Co. in Japan. The company claims that it can recover 80% of rare-earth metals from used nickel-metal hydride batteries.

The article describes the business strategies of Doug Rowe for his Australian metal recycling firm Southern Rocycling, which was acquired by listed metal recycling and contracting group CMA Corp. in 2007. Rowe has become CMA's largest shareholder and chief operating officer. Rowe said that he will replicate successful Southern Rocycling practices such as corporate responsibility and professionalism.

Focuses on the application of acid recovery and cascade rinse systems developed by Valmont Industries Inc. to eliminate wastewater discharge from metal products in Valley, Nebraska. Relevance in reducing industrial waste stream costs; Significance in adding more profit in selling crystallized iron salts; Importance for valuing pollution prevention.

Reports on IBC Advanced Technologies engineers' use of a secondary refining process known as SuperLig to recover platinum, rhodium and palladium from used catalytic converters and other auto devices. Leaching of catalyst in hydrochloric-acid bath; Solid phase extraction; Process operating cost.

Points out Svedala Industri AB's market leadership in new equipment technologies for the metals recycling industry via the acquisition of Lindemann Maschinenfabrik GmbH. Recycling of motor vehicles for scrap as an important factor in the steel industry; Need for quality machinery for metal recycling operations. INSETS: Recycling not new at Svedala/Lindemann.;Svedala in recycling..

The article reports on several Australian universities' launch of the Wealth From Waste research project, which focuses on advising how to recover metals in discarded consumer and manufactured products such as waste electronics.

The article offers information that European Metal Recycling Ltd. (EMR) has bee fined 300,000 British pounds for the death of a worker Linas Mataitis at a metal recycling plant in Willesdon, north London, England, on July 18, 2010.

The article reports that even though regulations on recycling of electronics are being tightened in the U.S. and Europe, the problem of e-waste is increasing in Asia and Africa, according to the 2011 Solving the E-waste Problem (StEP) Summer School. It states that current global process don't support recovery and conservation of metals from e-waste. It mentions that tests of nickel, iron and zinc showed dangerous contamination at the market and school.

The article offers information on a United Nations (UN) analysis that surveyed the number of metals recycled around the world. Released on May 26, 2011, the report showed less than one-third of 60 economically important metals recycled globally. The UN called for increasing recycling rates to conserve and maintain resources.

The article offers information on the efforts of the Great Britain Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSCR) in metal circulation. It reports that a part of the country's fund of 70 million pounds is for EPSCR's Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Liquid Metal Engineering (Lime) at the Brunel University in London, England. It also discusses Lime's goal to achieve full metal circulation that would result to conservation in natural resources.

The article presents a study by scientists in Germany which shows that recyclable platinum compound mediates oxidation at low temperature. The study suggests that methane can be converted to methanol at low temperature through the actions of a solid platinum-based catalyst exhibiting high catalytic activity after recycling. This may advance the advance technology commercialization to convert methane to high-value and easily transported products.

The article reports on the initiative of Angela Murray, an engineering student at Birmingham University, to develop a process of recycling precious metals in Great Britain. Accordingly, the process devised by Murray could help commercialize a method of recycling the precious metals lost from catalytic converters in vehicles. Through this, Murray received a £7,000 and grants from Bizcom, a competition to promote student enterprise.

The article features Sims Group, a scrap metal recycler. According to the article, scrap can be used as a substitute for iron ore in making steel. Sims' profits increased in the third quarter of 2007-2008 due to limited availability of coking coal which promoted greater scrap consumption and increased in global prices.

The article reports on the development of a method for recycling printed circuit boards that contain about 30 percent by weight of high-purity metals. The circuit boards are pulverized and the powdered material is passed through an electric field. The metals that fall away can be segregated, purified and reused. The powder can be pressed into molds to make hard tiles that can be used as building materials.

The article presents information about a plant, which is claimed to be the world's largest industrial shredder in Newport, South Wales. A metals recycling plant containing the world's largest industrial shredder has officially opened. The plant is operated by the Australian metals recycler Sims Group Ltd. which has invested 10 million pounds. The giant metal shredding plant can process 350 tonnes of metal or around 450 unwanted vehicles in an hour.

Reports that the first refrigerator shredder in Great Britain that meets European standards on greenhouse gas recovery will begin operation next week starting June 27, 2002. Claim by Parliament members that the government has mishandled the fridge disposal issue; Features and capabilities of the refrigerator shredder.

Reports on the amount invested by British Steel Engineering Steels in a major project to upgrade its metal recycling operation at Parkfield, Wolverhampton. Significance of the investment to the operation; Features of the upgraded facility.

Presents information on the Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority's (SOCRRA) metal recycling program in Oakland, Michigan. Description; Separation process; Residential paper materials accepted by SOCRRA.