Exeter to lead circular economy centre for technology metals
Exeter University is leading a new research centre looking to create a circular economy for technology metals used in clean and digital technologies.
Led by experts from the Camborne School of Mines, the Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre in Technology Metals is one of five new centres announced by the government on 11 November 2020.
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Funded as part of a £22.5m government investment, it will explore how to create a circular economy for technology metals including cobalt, rare earths and lithium that are present in technologies including electric cars and wind turbines.
According to Exeter University, the centre will develop a new cycle - from the first stages of extraction - to enable secure and environmentally-acceptable circulation of these materials within the UK economy.
In a statement, project leader Professor Frances Wall said: “We have been looking for this opportunity to join up across the value chain for a while. Individual research projects can only go so far in solving the problem of sustainable supply and use of these specialist materials.
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