Re: wind magnet pollution
Posted by
Carl Tollander on
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Ah, California. Molycorp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Pass_rare_earth_mine Not
online yet, maybe.
ISO 9001 ----
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9001 Read down.
On 3/31/11 1:52 PM, peggy miller wrote:
Hi -- Since many of us got involved in the wind turbine/magnet
production pollution problem issue, wanted to let you know that a
friend who runs a solar industry, Scott Sklar, told me that China
makes those magnets without pollution controls. But that wind
turbines in Europe and US and Japan follow specific standards that
include pollution controls, and in fact, rare earth used in making
those magnets is now being mined in California, but is required to
follow strict pollution control standards. When I asked him if
those pollution standards control the making of magnets and rare
earth mining related to the magnet production" he said that they
follow the environmental impact statements on mining and ISO9001
mfg certification which does not allow any wastes. That everything
must either be recycled in the plant, out of the plant, or
disposed in a certified procedure (less than 1 % is - usually
radioactive ore).
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