Right after china said it won’t export those? What a coincidence.
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A good way to reduce ewaste would be to not make people have to buy new computers
Hopefully they accept the drives with holes drilled in them.
I mean you can add the metal shavings to the shipping box.
dysprosium, neodymium, and praseodymium
Are some of the key minerals of interest.
Adding to the challenge, China, which dominates global rare earth material production, has recently imposed export restrictions on several key materials, threatening the supply chain for US technology companies.
This is likely the main driver of focusing on recovering metals from decommissioned parts. America's tariffs are forcing their own tech companies to act like Russian firms under sanction.