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Clean transportation and green energy are important components of Canada’s plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, and so the applications of these technologies are on the rise. NdFeB hard magnets are central components for a variety of green energy applications such as in electric vehicles, wind turbines, and transformers, as such they are pivotal for the development of a clean economy. With that comes the growing demand for rare-earth elements (REE) containing permanent magnets which are widely implemented in electrification.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from the Natural Resources Canada’s Critical Minerals B21 Program and support from the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada’s Clean and Energy-efficient Transportation (CEET) program and Energy, Mining, and Environment (EME) research center.
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Li, G. et al. (2023). Rebirth of Rare-Earth Magnets from End-of-Life Electrical Products. In: Proceedings of the 62nd Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2023. COM 2023. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38141-6_51
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