“In France, we have no oil, but we have ideas,” launched former French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing in the mid -1970s in the middle of the oil shock. The famous formula deserves to be updated while, from Greenland to Ukraine, rare earths sharpen appetites, especially Chinese. In the absence of deposits of these mineral resources essential for advanced technologies and particularly for the green transition, a French company is betting on recycling.
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Rare land: France is relying on recycling, for lack of deposits
