EWaste Africa begins construction of a locally invented facility for recycling rare earth metals

EWaste Africa, a lighting and electronic-waste recycling company, has begun work on a prototype rare earth metals recycling facility in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.

In May, the company announced an agreement with the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) that grants EWaste Africa exclusive access to the intellectual property that will allow for the construction of the LPX^TM Plant, a prototype chemical process plant for the recovery of rare earth metals from lighting waste.

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https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/recycling-company-begins-construction-of-a-locally-invented-facility-for-recycling-rare-earth-metals-2021-06-15