LGM EARTH E MINERALS PRIVATE LIMITED

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LGM Earth E Minerals Private Limited is an emerging Indian company focused on sustainable critical mineral recovery, rare earth element (REE) recycling, and advanced urban mining technologies. The company aims to establish an integrated recycling and refining ecosystem for recovering valuable rare earth metals and critical minerals from electronic waste, particularly Hard Disk Drives (HDDs), electronic scrap, NdFeB magnets, and industrial waste streams. Its business model aligns with India’s National Critical Minerals Mission (NCMM), circular economy initiatives, and the growing global demand for rare earth materials used in electric vehicles, renewable energy, semiconductors, robotics, defense, and advanced electronics.The company’s core focus is the recovery and processing of rare earth elements from discarded HDDs and magnet-containing e-waste. HDDs contain NdFeB permanent magnets rich in strategic rare earth elements such as Neodymium (Nd), Praseodymium (Pr), Dysprosium (Dy), and Terbium (Tb), which are essential for EV motors, wind turbines, aerospace systems, and advanced electronics.LGM Earth E Minerals plans to develop a domestic recycling and refining platform to recover high-purity rare earth oxides (REOs) and metals from e-waste and industrial scrap, reducing India’s dependence on imports. The proposed process includes collection and dismantling of HDDs and electronic scrap, followed by magnet recovery, demagnetization, shredding, physical separation, and advanced pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical processing. Key refining stages will include acid leaching, solvent extraction, purification, and separation of individual rare earth elements.The company aims to produce commercially valuable rare earth oxides such as Nd2O3, Pr6O11, and Dy2O3, with future expansion into rare earth metal production and magnet manufacturing. Its strategy emphasizes sustainability, import substitution, and technological advancement through environmentally responsible recycling practices, including closed-loop acid recovery, wastewater treatment, emission control, and efficient metal recovery systems.India’s rapidly growing e-waste generation from data centers, IT infrastructure, telecommunications, and consumer electronics provides a scalable raw material base for the business. LGM Earth E Minerals plans to build strategic partnerships with recyclers, industries, e-waste aggregators, and government-supported collection systems to secure long-term feedstock supply.The company also intends to diversify into recovery of other critical minerals and precious metals from PCBs, lithium-ion batteries, catalysts, and metallurgical waste streams, including copper, cobalt, nickel, lithium, gold, silver, palladium, platinum, and germanium.The long-term vision of LGM Earth E Minerals Private Limited is to become a leading Indian company in rare earth recycling, critical mineral recovery, and sustainable materials processing by combining advanced recycling technologies, strategic partnerships, and value-added refining capabilities to support India’s critical mineral self-reliance and global clean energy industries.

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