• Title/Summary/Keyword: Technical Committee (TC298)

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Trends and Implications of International Standardization for Rare Earths (희토류 관련 국제표준 동향 및 시사점)

  • Abbas, Sardar Farhat;lee, Sang-Hyun;Lee, Bin;Kim, Bum-Sung;Kim, Taek-Soo
    • Journal of Powder Materials
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.165-169
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    • 2018
  • Rare earth elements (REEs) are considered to be vital to modern industry due to their important roles in applications such as permanent magnets, automobile production, displays, and many more. The imbalance between demand and supply of REEs can be solved by recycling processes. Regarding the needs of industry and society, the International Organization for Standardization, Technical Committee 298 (ISO/TC298) Rare Earths has been recently launched for developing international standards on rare earth elements. In accordance with the suggestion of its constituents, it is tentatively working to develop the appropriate standards under five working groups (WG) on terms and definitions (WG1), element recycling (WG2), environmental stewardship (WG3), packaging, labelling, marking, transport, and storage (WG4), and testing analysis (WG5). The scope and structure of ISO/TC298 on the topic of rare earths is discussed in this document.

Standardization of Rare Earth Elements in ISO TC 298 and Korea's Standardization Strategy (ISO TC 298에서의 희토류 분야 표준화 현황과 우리나라의 전략 및 과제)

  • Eom, Nu Si A;Abbas, Sardar Farhat;Aneeq, Haq Muhammad;Zarar, Rasheed Mohammad;Lee, Mi Hye;Kim, Bum Sung;Kim, Taek-Soo;Lee, Bin
    • Journal of Powder Materials
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.251-257
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    • 2019
  • Since the ISO decided to deal with rare-earth elements at the $298^{th}$ Technical Committee (TC) in 2015, Korea has participated in four plenary meetings and proposed four standards as of June 2019. The status of ISO TC 298, the standards covered by the TC, and the standardization strategies of Korea are summarized. Korean delegations are actively engaged in WG2, which deals with recycling, proposing four standards for fostering the rare-earth recycling industry. However, the participation of domestic experts is still low compared with the increase in the number of working groups and the number of standards in TC 298. The aim of this article is to summarize the current status of ISO international standards related to rare-earth elements, to encourage relevant experts to participate in standardization, and to develop international standards that accurately reflect the realities of the industry.