Urban Mining for Critical Minerals

Industrial-scale recovery of metals from end-of-life products and waste streams.
Urban Mining for Critical Minerals

Urban mining applications use advanced shredding, sensor-based sorting, hydrometallurgy, and bioleaching to recover copper, cobalt, rare earths, and other critical minerals from electronic waste and industrial scrap. This diversifies supply, reduces pressure on primary extraction, and supports circular resource strategies.

TRL
6/9Demonstrated
Impact
4/5
Investment
4/5
Category
Applications