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Critical Mineral Recovery and Circular Innovation: Developing Resilient Supply Chains for Strategic Technologies

Author(s) Henry B. Weil
Country United States
Abstract The rapid expansion of renewable energy, electric mobility, advanced electronics, semiconductor manufacturing, energy storage, defence technologies, and digital infrastructure is increasing global demand for critical minerals. Lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, rare earth elements, copper, and other strategic materials have become essential inputs for emerging technologies, while their geographically concentrated production and processing create significant supply-chain vulnerabilities. Conventional mineral supply models, which depend heavily on primary extraction, are increasingly challenged by resource constraints, geopolitical risks, environmental pressures, and volatile commodity markets. Circular innovation offers an alternative pathway by recovering valuable minerals from end-of-life products, industrial residues, manufacturing waste, and secondary resources and reintegrating them into production systems. This paper examines the role of critical mineral recovery and circular economy strategies in developing resilient supply chains for strategic technologies. A conceptual qualitative methodology is adopted to analyse recovery technologies, circular business models, supply-chain structures, environmental considerations, and policy mechanisms. The study proposes an integrated circular critical-mineral framework connecting product design, collection, recycling, material recovery, refining, secondary manufacturing, digital traceability, and responsible governance. The analysis indicates that mineral recovery can reduce dependence on primary extraction, diversify supply sources, improve material security, and create new economic opportunities. However, technical recovery efficiency, heterogeneous waste streams, collection infrastructure, processing costs, contamination, energy requirements, and insufficient recycling capacity remain important barriers. The paper concludes that circular mineral systems should complement rather than completely replace primary mining, while strategic investment in recycling infrastructure, material-efficient design, digital tracking, advanced recovery technologies, and international cooperation can strengthen the long-term resilience of critical-mineral supply chains.
Keywords Critical Minerals, Circular Economy, Mineral Recovery, Strategic Technologies, Supply Chain Resilience, Recycling, Resource Security, Secondary Raw Materials, Sustainable Manufacturing, Circular Innovation.
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Published In Volume 6, Issue 2, March-April 2024
Published On 2024-04-22
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