$8.4 Billion Cache of Rare Earth Elements Discovered in America

Scientists make stunning discovery while studying material thought to be useless waste: 'There's huge volumes of this stuff all over the country'

Researchers recently uncovered a treasure trove of rare earth elements — crucial materials for everything from smartphones to wind turbines — in waste left over from burning coal. A 2024 study led by scientists from the University of Texas at Austin estimated there's $8.4 billion worth of rare earth elements in U.S. coal ash. This diamond-in-the-rough discovery could reduce dependency on foreign sources for the valuable materials, as Interesting…

$8.4 Billion Cache of Rare Earth Elements Discovered in America

In a surprising twist on the old “trash to treasure” saying, scientists have uncovered an enormous cache of rare earth elements worth an estimated $8.4 billion—hidden in plain sight across the U.S. in coal ash. …

Mining for answers at Ditch Projects’ new gallery

In their recent exhibition, titled “Rare Earth,” Briar Marsh Pine, who is a visiting faculty member in the UO photography department, examines the complex relationship between humanity and rare earth metals. The exhibition is a continuation of Pine’s textile and photographic exploration of the waste caused by steel mining in their home state of Minnesota. “I knew I wanted to expand on the things I learned from that project, so I had an outline w…

US claimed they can produce

6 of the 7 rare earth elements in large quantity from Monazite. They started to develop with the pilot production in 2021 and commercial production in 2024. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-based-e...00361.html

American Resources Unveils Mobile Modular Rare Earth Leaching Solution to Extract Value from Coal and Mine Waste

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