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By Erik Zimerman On March 3, 2013 · Add Comment · In The Jackal's Den

The issue of recycling electronics is a hot topic. Electronics contain besides well known materials such as silicon and copper, a variety of raw materials used due to specific and unusual characteristics (malleability, conductivity, etc). These include organic (petroleum) based plastics (such as PET), metals, and rare minerals. Nickel, chromium, aluminum, lead, silver and tin are among those widely used metals in electronics; often for components such as resistors, capacitors and transducers. Some of the more exotic metals and minerals commonly needed in the manufacture of electronics are antimony, bismuth, cobalt, fluorite, garnet, magnesium and talc. Perhaps most importantly, a variety of rare earth metals and minerals are used in electronics. Currently, China has a stranglehold on their production with 95% of the total. It has recently began restricting exports of certain raw materials needed for electronics manufacture. It is important to note that China does not have a true monopoly of the reserves of these raw materials, as they are ironically quite abundant, but difficult and expensive to extract. In nations with strict environmental regulations, it is currently not possible to extract them (in relatively pure form) at economically feasible levels. A complete ban on exports from China, would obviously change that fact, as they would have to be produced elsewhere, though [...]

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