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Telecommunications & Media

South Korea government, 3 telecoms to recycle critical minerals from scrapped network equipment

South Korea\'s government and the country\'s three mobile carriers will cooperate to promote domestic circulation and reuse of rare earths and other critical minerals contained in scrapped telecommunications equipment. The Ministry of Science and ICT and the climate ministry signed an agreement on June 11 with SK Telecom, KT, LG Uplus, KCA and the Korea Environment Corporation. A pilot project will track disposal and distribution flows and support automation, facilities, and guidelines.

Industry

U.S. Radify targets rare earths with plasma refining, challenging China dominance

U.S. startup Radify Metals is developing plasma-based metal refining technology to challenge China-centred rare earth supply chains. The company aims to remove oxygen from rare earth oxides to produce pure metals using superheated hydrogen plasma, leaving water vapour as the only byproduct. Radify is developing reactors for neodymium and dysprosium and plans to scale from kilogram-per-day output to a 100 kg-per-day pilot. It has raised close to $3 million.