000147699 001__ 147699 000147699 005__ 20241220131257.0 000147699 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.7203/metode.15.27181 000147699 0248_ $$2sideral$$a141136 000147699 037__ $$aART-2024-141136 000147699 041__ $$aeng 000147699 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-9282-1428$$aTorrubia, Jorge$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000147699 245__ $$aCopper circular economy: Challenges of the energy and digital transition 000147699 260__ $$c2024 000147699 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000147699 5203_ $$aCopper is one of the key metals required for the digital and energy transition and so its demand will increase in the coming years. However, primary extraction poses increasing environmental problems because of the progressive decline in the mineral concentration of copper deposits (ore grade). In this context, electronic waste is becoming a very promising source of secondary copper. However, this form of copper recovery presents a number of technological and chemical challenges, including the use of renewable energy, separation of plastics from other waste, and increasing process efficiency. Given the thermodynamic limitations of these processes, other non-technological factors are becoming very important in the transition. 000147699 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-sa$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/es/ 000147699 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000147699 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-3330-1793$$aValero, Alicia$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000147699 7102_ $$15004$$2590$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ingeniería Mecánica$$cÁrea Máquinas y Motores Térmi. 000147699 773__ $$g15 (2024), 57-63$$pMètode, Annu. review$$tMètode. Annual review$$x2174-3487 000147699 8564_ $$s453414$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/147699/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000147699 8564_ $$s2185661$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/147699/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000147699 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:147699$$particulos$$pdriver 000147699 951__ $$a2024-12-20-12:02:07 000147699 980__ $$aARTICLE