Shelley Martin reports that the U.S. DoE announced nine projects to receive approximately $4 million in cost-shared federal funding to improve the technical, environmental, and economic performance of new and existing technologies that extract, separate, and recover rare earth elements (REEs) from domestic U.S. coal and coal by-products. The selected research projects will further the goals of the DOE Office of Fossil Energy’s Rare Earth Elements Program by focusing on the development of cost-effective and environmentally benign approaches for the recovery of REEs from domestic coal and coal by-products.
The development of an economically competitive supply of REEs will help to maintain the nation’s economic growth and national security. Our vast domestic coal resources contain quantities of REEs that offer the potential to reduce our dependence on others for these critical materials and create new industries in regions where coal plays an important economic role.
Area of Interest - 1: Advanced, Novel Technology Development for Initial REE Extraction, Concentrating to ≥ 2 Weight Percent:
The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio);
Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina);
University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky);
The University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, North Dakota); and
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Virginia),
Area of Interest 2: Optimization of Current State-of-the-Art Separation Technologies for Initial REE Extraction, Concentrating to ≥ 2‒10 Weight Percent:
The University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah);
Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan),
Area of Interest 3: Technology Advancements for High Purity REE Extractions, Concentrating to 90.0–99.99 Weight Percent:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio);
West Virginia University Research Corporation (Morgantown, West Virginia).
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