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foreign agencies to get access to ium from lithium-ion batteries can be and set up joint exploration and mining Castor oil-based chemicals & opportunities
these precious minerals through some viably recycled. The domestic recovery activities to ensure sustainable supply
domestic private companies, successive industry has not developed yet on the of these minerals to India. Multilateral for value-addition
governments in the past had resisted resource recovery part and thus this funding from India and abroad could
opening these minerals for private min- waste is disposed of in landfills, caus- also support companies and projects
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and the Department of Atomic Energy minerals. Gallium (Ga) and germanium Hindustan Copper, and Mineral Explora- to petroleum-based counterparts. density of 0.95–0.974 g/cm ; a freez- for chemical modifi cation and hold
of India. The information provided here is based on the
basis, exports and imports of chemicals and related
(DAE) had imposed a low upper thresh- (Ge) used in computer chips and other tion Company) is undertaking pioneer- Castor oil, being a renewable resource ing point of -10°C; a saponifi cation promise for its further development and
annual trade data published by the Directorate General
products through the major ports in India — a vital
old limit for the presence of monazite applications, can be recovered from ing efforts to secure critical minerals and a crucial foundational chemical, number of 180 mg potassium hydroxide utilisation.
of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, Government
source of commercial intelligence. Find out on-line
in the atomic minerals extracted, over the mud left after processing ores of through overseas buying of mining as- has attracted growing interest, also as (KOH)/g; an iodine number of 82-90 mg
of India. The database can be searched by: Chemical
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time the UPA government relaxed the aluminium, zinc and lead. Bauxite con- sets in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, and a raw material for creating bio-based iodine/g; and a hydroxyl number Chemical modifi cations
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competitors are exporting and at what price; where
need for monazite certification at the tains almost 50-ppm and zinc refinery Mongolia. To enable this, Government chemicals and polymers. These chemi- exceeding 155 mg KOH/g. Castor oil has garnered considered
imports are coming from and how their prices are
trade (import or export) in that item; or by Country to
exporting ports, creating an enormous residues contain 0.266 wt.% Ga and of India has amended the mining laws cals derived from castor oil encompass global attention as a raw material for pro-
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scope for monazite being smuggled out 0.363 wt.% Ge. Considering the fact of six critical and deep-seated minerals biodiesel fuels, lubricants, plasticizers, Castor oil has excellent storage ducing renewable alternative to petro-
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Recovery from waste supplies of critical minerals through The castor oil plant, scientifi cally oleic acid (~8%); palmitic acid (~8%), and is amenable to various chemical reac-
India has immense waste streams – Tie up with producer countries enhanced domestic mineral explora- known as Ricinus communis, belongs linoleic acid (~6%). Moreover, castor oil tions, including hydrolysis, esterifi ca-
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automobiles, mud from metal extrac- ing inter-governmental partnerships with assured supply from elsewhere to exhibits robust resistance to both acidic acyl content, compared to other vegetable and dehydration. These reactions can
tion, etc. – discarded every year, which through bilateral and pluri-lateral advance its green agenda, climate crisis and alkaline conditions. It demon oils, boasting a substantial total un- be harnessed to modify castor oil and
contain recoverable quantities of criti- arrangements with key mineral producing mitigation efforts and digital enable- strates strong adaptability and is saturated fatty acid content, reaching create chemical products that can replace
cal minerals. For example, 95% of lith- countries, as suggested by NITI Aayog, ment. extensively cultivated in India and as high as 88%. These active func- petrochemicals. Researchers have
China (with China ranking as the world’s tional groups render castor oil suitable focused on these properties to utilise
second-largest producer much behind castor oil as a raw material for producing
India). Castor oil is extracted from this a range of fi ne chemicals and polymer
invasive plant, which contains toxic materials such as heptanal, undecylenic
elements, namely ricin and ricinine, Others, acid, azelaic acid, 2-octanol, oil-based
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is a water-soluble protein, it does not
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