Tag Archives: Recovery

‘Mining’ valuable metals from discarded LEDs

Although light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs are more energy-efficient than fluorescent lights while in use, they can still pose a problem environmentally at the end of their service life. Mineral processing engineer Maria Holuszko and PhD student Amit Kumar from the University of British Columbia’s (UBC’s) urban mining program have developed a response to this issue, creating a recovery method for metals in LEDs.

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Canadian construction is heading to recovery

Timetric’s Construction Intelligence Centre (CIC) forecasted the country’s construction to improve over the next five years, reaching $417 billion by 2020. In “Construction in Canada—Key Trends and Opportunities to 2020,” CIC states a drop in construction output value from $381 billion to $375 billion in 2015 was caused by fragile economic conditions, low commodity prices, poor fixed-capital investments, and a high unemployment rate.

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