RARE EARTH ELEMENTS -THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS Authors: Nader Akil, Emanuele Festa, Patrizia Circelli and Silvia Colella Executive Summary ................................................................................................. 1 The authors ................................................................................................................. 3 Briefing on the Methodology .................................................................................. 4 Chapter 1 – The Innovators .......................................................................... 7 Methodology ........................................................................................................... 8 EU Projects Analysis Process ............................................................................... 8 A helicopter view of the industrial “Innovators” identified and their positions in the REE supply chain .................................................................................................... 17 Network Analysis and contact list of the most influencial “Innovators” in Europe ........................................................................................................................... 18 Contact list of the “Innovators”who were involved in EU projects related to REE under the Seven Framework funding programme of the European Union ...... 21 Chapter 2 – The Patent Owners and potential Investors ........................... 28 Methodology ......................................................................................................... 29 First screen - quick analysis ............................................................................... 29 In-depth analysis – Innovation & Investing Map ............................................... 31 A helicopter view of the “patent owners and potential investors” identified and their positions in the REE supply chain ................................................................. 38 Chapter 3 – potential Business Drivers ....................................................... 40 Methodology ......................................................................................................... 41 A helicopter view of the “potential business drivers” identified and their positions in the REE supply chain .......................................................................................... 43 Conclusion .................................................................................................. 47 Appendix ..................................................................................................... 48 Innovators .............................................................................................................. 49 Profit Stakeholders ............................................................................................ 49 Primary suppliers .................................................................................................................... 49 REE recovery ........................................................................................................................... 53 REA producers ......................................................................................................................... 59 REE intensive product manufacturers ................................................................................... 61 End users ................................................................................................................................. 69 Large Industries ....................................................................................................................... 75 Recyclers.................................................................................................................................. 82 Profit stakeholders with a horizontal supportive role across the REE supply chain ........................................................................................................................... 92 Non-profit stakeholders .................................................................................. 115 Patent owners and potential Investors ............................................................... 142 Profit Stakeholders .......................................................................................... 142 Primary suppliers .................................................................................................................. 142 REE Recovery ......................................................................................................................... 146 REA producers ....................................................................................................................... 147 REE intensive product manufacturer ................................................................................... 152 End users ............................................................................................................................... 154 Horizontal .............................................................................................................................. 157 Non-profit stakeholders .................................................................................. 158 Potential Business Drivers ................................................................................... 164 Profit Stakeholders and associations ............................................................... 164 Primary suppliers .................................................................................................................. 164 REE Recovery ......................................................................................................................... 165 REA producers ....................................................................................................................... 166 REE intensive product manufacturer ................................................................................... 168 End users - Air conditioning ................................................................................................. 169 End users - Automotive application ..................................................................................... 183 End users - Electric bicycles .................................................................................................. 199 End users - Hard disk drives, DVD and CD players .............................................................. 209 End users - Loudspeakers ..................................................................................................... 222 End users - Magnetic separators ......................................................................................... 238 End users - Mixed electronics .............................................................................................. 247 End users - Motors in industrial applications ...................................................................... 258 End users - Wind turbines .................................................................................................... 266 Recyclers................................................................................................................................ 273 Executive Summary This document provides a helicopter view on the most relevant stakeholders within the Rare Earth Elements (REE) supply chain. Although the list of stakeholders provided in this report is by no means exhaustive, the study presented here provides relevant information on the most important industrial stakeholders (SMEs, or large industries) that are performing international research, innovation and business activities across the REE supply chain and more specifically in the field of recovery of REE. The position of each industrial stakeholder in the REE supply chain is identified, and concise information about their activities, potential interests and linkages to REE processes, or recovery of REE is also provided. Moreover, this report provides information on industrial stakeholders who are connected to applications that are heavily dependent on REE, such as: 1. Hard disk drives 2. Automotive applications 3. Motors in industrial applications 4. Loudspeakers 5. Air conditioning compressors 6. Magnetic separators 7. Mixed electronics 8. Electric bicycles 9. Wind turbines Additionally, the list of the major European research and academic institutions working on the topic of recovery of REE is presented, and their European research projects or patents are concisely presented and can be accessed directly from the links provided in this document. The most influencial innovators in Europe in the field of REE are identified, and their contact list is provided. Also a contact list encompassing the innovators who 1 have participated in the seven framework funding programme (FP7) of the european union is provided. In summary, this report provides the reader with a helicopter view on the most relevant industrial and academic stakeholders related to the field of REE and more specifically to the recovery of REE for the purpose of: Finding potential partners for business collaborations and/or development of innovative projects Identifying interesting innovations to be considered for potantial adoption and use in innovation plans such as novel processes (open innovation) Spotting innovation trends, incumbent or dis-investing players and competitors Development of exploitation strategies for innovations