Global Critical Raw Materials Recovery Market Report 2025-2040 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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The Critical Raw Materials (CRM) Recovery market is experiencing significant growth and transformation as the world shifts towards cleaner technologies and a circular economy. The market focuses on the extraction and recycling of materials deemed critical for advanced technologies, particularly those essential for the clean energy transition and digital revolution.

Key drivers of the CRM Recovery market include:

• Increasing demand for clean energy technologies like electric vehicles, wind turbines, and solar panels, which require substantial amounts of CRMs.
• Growing awareness of supply chain vulnerabilities and the need for resource security, especially given the geographic concentration of many CRM sources.
• Regulatory pressures promoting recycling and sustainable resource use, such as the EU's Critical Raw Materials Act.
• Advancements in recycling technologies making CRM recovery more economically viable.

The market encompasses various materials, including rare earth elements, lithium, cobalt, platinum group metals, and others.

Major sources for recovery include:

• End-of-life products (e-waste, spent batteries, catalytic converters)
• Industrial production scrap
• Urban mining initiatives
• Landfill mining projects

Key technologies in the CRM Recovery market include hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, bioleaching, and direct recycling methods. The choice of technology depends on the specific materials being recovered and the source.

The CRM Recovery market is poised for substantial growth as it plays a crucial role in enabling the transition to a more sustainable and resilient global economy. The market is attracting increased investment and seeing the entry of both established players and innovative start-ups, driving technological advancements and expanding recovery capabilities. This comprehensive market research report provides an in-depth analysis of the global critical raw materials market from 2025 to 2040.

Report contents include:

• Detailed market size forecasts in both volume (ktonnes) and value (USD billions) from 2025-2040
• Segmentation by material type, recovery source, and geographic region
• Analysis of 15 critical materials including rare earth elements, lithium, cobalt, platinum group metals, and more
• Evaluation of primary and secondary (recycled) material sources
• Assessment of extraction and recovery technologies
• Global supply and trade dynamics for CRMs
• The circular economy and sustainable use of CRMs
• Critical and strategic materials used in the energy transition
• CRM Recovery in Semiconductors and Electronics: Types of CRMs found in e-waste; Concentration and value of CRMs in e-waste; Collection, sorting, and pre-processing technologies; Metal recovery technologies like pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, and biometallurgy; Market forecasts for CRM recovery from electronics 2025-2040.
• CRM Recovery in Lithium-ion Batteries: Li-ion battery recycling value chain; Recycling processes for different cathode chemistries; Comparison of recycling techniques (hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, direct recycling); Economic factors in battery recycling; Market forecasts for CRM recovery from batteries 2025-2040.
• Rare Earth Elements Recovery: REE recovery technologies; Comparison of recovery methods; REE recycling markets and players; Forecasts for REE recovery 2025-2040.
• Platinum Group Metals Recovery: PGM recovery from automotive catalysts; PGM recovery from fuel cells and electrolyzers; PGM recycling markets; Forecasts for PGM recovery 2025-2040
• Profiles of 135 key players in the CRM industry.

Companies profiled include:

• ACCUREC-Recycling
• Ascend Elements
• BANiQL
• BASF
• Ceibo
• Cirba Solutions
• Cyclic Materials
• Enim
• HyProMag
• Librec AG
• NeoMetals
• Posco
• SiTration
• Sumitomo
• Summit Nanotech

Critical raw materials are essential enablers of the clean energy transition and next-generation technologies. However, they face supply risks, price volatility, and sustainability concerns. This report provides businesses, investors, and policymakers with crucial intelligence on the rapidly evolving CRM market landscape.

Key questions answered include:

• What are the supply and demand projections for key CRMs through 2040?
• Which recovery technologies and sources will see the highest growth?
• How will recycling and urban mining impact primary CRM production?
• What are the economic factors driving CRM recovery from end-of-life products?
• Which geographic markets offer the greatest opportunities for CRM recovery?
• Who are the key players across the CRM value chain?
• What regulatory and sustainability trends will shape the market?

With detailed forecasts, technology assessments, and competitive analysis, this report offers an essential tool for strategy formulation in the critical materials sector. The shift towards clean energy and electrification is creating major market opportunities in CRM recovery and recycling. This comprehensive study provides the market intelligence needed to capitalize on the growing demand for sustainably-sourced critical raw materials.

Key Topics Covered:

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1 Definition and Importance of Critical Raw Materials

1.2 E-Waste as a Source of Critical Raw Materials

1.3 Electrification, Renewable and Clean Technologies

1.4 Regulatory Landscape

1.5 Key Market Drivers and Restraints

1.6 The Global Critical Raw Materials Market in 2024

1.7 Critical Raw Materials Value Chain

1.8 The Economic Case for Critical Raw Materials Recovery

1.9 Price Trends for Key Recovered Materials (2020-2024)

1.10 Global market forecasts

2 INTRODUCTION

2.1 Critical Raw Materials

2.2 Global situation in supply and trade

2.3 Circular economy

2.4 Critical and strategic raw materials used in the energy transition

2.5 Metals and minerals processed and extracted

2.5.1 Copper

2.5.2 Nickel

2.5.3 Cobalt

2.5.4 Rare Earth Elements (REE)

2.5.5 Lithium

2.5.6 Gold

2.5.7 Uranium

2.5.8 Zinc

2.5.9 Manganese

2.5.10 Tantalum

2.5.11 Niobium

2.5.12 Indium

2.5.13 Gallium

2.5.14 Germanium

2.5.15 Antimony

2.5.16 Scandium

2.6 Recovery sources

3 CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS RECOVERY IN SEMICONDUCTORS

3.1 Critical semiconductor materials

3.2 Electronic waste (e-waste)

3.3 Photovoltaic and solar technologies

3.4 Concentration and value of Critical Raw Materials in E-Waste

3.5 Applications and importance of key Critical Raw Materials

3.6 Waste Recycling and Recovery Processes

3.7 Collection and Sorting Infrastructure

3.8 Pre-Processing Technologies

3.9 Metal Recovery Technologies

3.10 Global market 2025-2040

4 CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS RECOVERY IN LI-ION BATTERIES

4.1 Lithium-Ion Battery recycling value chain

4.2 Black mass powder

4.3 Recycling different cathode chemistries

4.4 Preparation

4.5 Pre-Treatment

4.6 Comparison of recycling techniques

4.7 Hydrometallurgy

4.8 Pyrometallurgy

4.9 Direct recycling

4.10 Other methods

4.11 Recycling of Specific Components

4.12 Recycling of Beyond Li-ion Batteries

4.13 Economic case for Li-ion battery recycling

4.14 Competitive landscape

4.15 Global capacities, current and planned

4.16 Future outlook

4.17 Global market 2025-2040

5 CRITICAL RARE-EARTH ELEMENT RECOVERY

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Recovery technologies

5.3 Markets

5.4 Global market 2025-2040

6 CRITICAL PLATINUM GROUP METAL RECOVERY

6.1 Introduction

6.2 PGM recovery from spent automotive catalysts

6.3 PGM recovery from hydrogen electrolyzers and fuel cells

6.4 Markets

6.5 Global market 2025-2040

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