Monday
6 Feb/23
11:00
Ends: 8 Feb/23 14:00

Critical Materials and Life Cycle Management - The Example of Rare Earths – Curse or Blessing?

Where:  

DESY, Hamburg

<p><span style="color:black;"><span>Life Cycle Assessments get more and more in the focus in industry and also in science. iFAST presents a platform for&nbsp;discussing and finding solutions in these topics.</span></span><br><span style="color:black;"><span>In our workshop we want to focus on the&nbsp;Life Cycle Management using the&nbsp;</span></span><br><span style="color:black;"><span>example of Rare Earths Elements (REE), the key material&nbsp;in permanent magnets used in a variety of fields like accelerator, turbines, hard drives and many more.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color:black;"><span>On the workshop we will discuss the following points:</span></span></p><ul><li><span style="color:black;"><span>Life cycle management</span></span><br><span style="color:black;"><span>Consider entire life cycle of technical component using critical materials:</span></span><br><span style="color:black;"><span>&nbsp;construction – operation – deconstruction</span></span></li><li><span style="color:black;"><span>Mining and processing of REE</span></span><br><span style="color:black;"><span>&nbsp;a socio-ecological approach – energy savings versus destructive mining and processing</span></span></li><li><span style="color:black;"><span>Using permanent magnets</span></span><br><span style="color:black;"><span>Examples of the use of permanent magnets and its Pro and Con</span></span></li><li><span style="color:black;"><span>Certification for mining and processing of REE</span></span><br><span style="color:black;"><span>How to force more sustainable thinking in the production of REE</span></span></li><li><span style="color:black;"><span>Recycling of permanent magnets</span></span><br><span style="color:black;"><span>New processes for the re-use and recycling of permanent magnets</span></span></li><li><span style="color:black;"><span>Alternatives for permanent magnets with REE</span></span><br><span style="color:black;"><span>New magnetic materials as well as improved electromagnets</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="color:black;"><span>Science, industry, politics and NGO in cooperation can forces to tackle the problem – we can develop solutions together.</span></span></p>