Rare Element Solutions
Reclamation of Rare Earth Elements from Hard Disk Drives and other Media.
Rare Element Solutions
Reclamation of Rare Earth Elements from Hard Disk Drives and other Media.
The Challenge
Raw feed stocks of Rare Earth Elements are dwindling and increasingly in contested locations as geo-political tensions grow and alliances shift. From a manufacturing supply chain disruption perspective, continued access and lower cost of these critical materials is critical to the security of the United States.
Process
Retired Hard Disk Drives
Recovery of Rare Earth Elements
Retired Hard Disk Drives
Best practices and security policies require that all data is removed from storage devices when taken out of service. Several standards, such as IEEE 2883, ISO 27040:2015, and NIST SP800-88rev1 define techniques for media sanitization. For US Government agencies additional requirements are defined in NSA/CSS Policy Manual 9-12.
On-site Mobile Solution
Recovery of Rare Earth Elements
Retired Hard Disk Drives
We provide a mobile solution for secure on-site processing of retired Hard Disk Drives. An inventory of devices is taken and media will be destroyed using approved media sanitization techniques. Proof of destruction is provided using a Certificate of Destruction.
Recovery of Rare Earth Elements
Recovery of Rare Earth Elements
Recovery of Rare Earth Elements
An environment-friendly process is used to recover critical materials from electronic waste. The process allows for selective leaching of rare-earth elements from magnets within the e-waste from end-of-life hard disk drives and electric motors. Recovered materials are available for re-use in the manufacturing of mission critical components.
