Foreign firms to recycling rare earth metals from electronic products
According to foreign media reports, most countries are looking for ways to reduce dependence on rare earth in China and elsewhere. While Germany wants its companies from the electronics recycling, including rare earth metal.
"If the company recycling electronic products such as mobile phones and computer hard disk, Germany imports can significantly reduce the rare earth." In Berlin at the UN international resources committee during the meeting, Germany's environment minister Peter altmaier, said: "Germany for resource use efficiency goals, by 2020, its efficiency is increased to twice the level in 1994."
In 2010, China announced that the world's largest rare earth supplier restrictions on rare earth production. In Europe, America and Japan have begun re diversified sourcing efforts, Germany has been walking in the forefront.
Recently, the global demand for Chinese rare earth has declined. This is because some companies start recycling rare earth metals, and start to use alternative products, companies such as Toyota and Hitachi. Last November, the world's largest importer of rare earths to Japan signed a deal with India, decided to buy from India more rare earths, raise the level of its purchase.
"We use of rare earth products, 99% was rejected by us." United Nations international resources committee ernst, chairman of the joint ullrich said.
Altmaier hope close international cooperation in the field of resource, and is calling for "an appropriate framework", regular talks about the problem.
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