We live in a world of limited resources, but what if some of what we need is already there waiting to be recovered? Ozone is helping make that idea a reality in an application that goes far beyond its traditional uses.
One example is the work being done by Rare Earth Salts, a customer of Oxidation Technologies, which uses ozone in the separation and refining of rare earth elements. Their process uses recycled waste to recover critical materials, creating an exciting opportunity for greater resource sustainability.
Rather than continually mining new resources, why not recover and refine materials that have already been mined and used? Giving these materials a second, or even multiple, lives can help reduce waste and the need for additional mining.
As Rare Earth Salts states, “Rare Earth Salts provides an immediate opportunity to reestablish domestic commercial production of rare earths and reduce foreign dependence on these critical materials.” Rare Earth Salts: What We Do
About Rare Earth Salts
Rare Earth Salts was founded by Dr. Joseph Brewer, who has developed patented technologies for the separation and refining of rare earth elements to high purity from various feedstocks worldwide, both ore-based and recycled material.
Rare Earth Salts has developed commercial processes to produce three of the “BIG 4” most critical rare earth oxides: Neodymium, Praseodymium, and Terbium; and is also producing Cerium, Lanthanum, Europium and Yttrium. Rare Earth Salts’ 50,000-square-foot headquarters, commercial demonstration plant, laboratory, and research & development facility are in Nebraska, the heartland of America.
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