Case Studies
Responsible Innovation in Met4Tech
Participants including industry partners, researchers, and policymakers have explored how past events and turning points have affected the development and markets for a select number of products containing technology metals at multiple Met4Tech workshops. The groups...
REEs in the Magnet Value Chain
The REE called neodymium (Nd) makes the world’s strongest magnets. These NdFeB magnets are an ideal candidate to explore current and future ‘pain points’ (or bottlenecks) in a transition towards a more resource productive ‘circular’ value chain configuration because...
Granite-related Li, Sn and W mineralisation and related mine waste in Cornwall
The globally iconic Southwest England metallogenic province is the location of the first case study of Thematic Area 2’s Development of Circular Economy Geomodels. Historic mining combined with recent battery metal exploration and geothermal energy development has...