Case Studies

The Central African Copperbelt is an important location of copper and cobalt production globally. Zambia’s Copperbelt Province has a long legacy of copper, and to lesser extent, cobalt mining. Both...

The Electric Vehicle lithium-ion battery (EV-LIB) segment is characterised by a high proliferation of different EV battery chemistries, builds and designs. high degree of innovation in EVs with...

Our project’s central premise was that current electronics recycling methods are a blunt instrument and with the right circular process we can do things much more efficiently and sustainably. We...

Within waste materials, technology critical metals such as Lithium (Li), Cobalt (Co), and rare earth elements are frequently embedded within intricate architectures composed of various components,...

Twist had a list of assumptions about how components would impact a business operating a circular business model. Twist didn’t realise exactly how valuable the data would be to help their customers...

This feasibility study is assessing the economic, technical and environmental opportunity to develop a value chain for the recycling of niobium products. This project aligns with themes 1, 3 and 4...

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...

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...

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...