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Study finds US coal ash contains $8.4B in rare earth elements

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A study by a team at the University of Texas at Austin found coal ash contains significant amounts of rare earth elements, critical materials used in technology and energy infrastructure. The U.S. currently imports over 80% of its rare earth supply, with 75% coming from China. Coal ash in the U.S. may hold $8.4 billion worth of rare earth elements, totaling 11 million tons, which is nearly eight times greater than the country's current domestic …

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Study finds US coal ash contains $8.4B in rare earth elements

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$8.4 Billion: Enormous Cache of Rare Earth Elements Discovered in America

Coal ash in the U.S. holds substantial rare earth elements, potentially reducing dependence on imports, with ongoing research and pilot projects working to make extraction economically viable. Coal ash, the powdery residue left after burning coal for fuel, has accumulated across the United States

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From The Ashes: Coal Ash May Offer Rich Source Of Rare Earth Elements

For most of history, the world got along fine without the rare earth elements. We knew they existed, we knew they weren’t really all that rare, and we really didn’t have much use for them — until we discovered just how useful they are and made ourselves absolutely dependent on them, to the point where not having them would literally grind the world to a halt. This dependency has spurred a search for caches of rare earth elements in the strangest…

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Buried fortune: US finds $8.4 billion in rare earths sitting in coal ash landfills

By Aamir Khollam For years, the United States has depended on imports of rare earth elements, the critical materials found in everything from smartphones to renewable energy technologies. But in a …

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