US firm plans to recover 1,000-ton rare earth elements with new plant

US firm plans to recover 1,000-ton rare earth elements with new plant

U.S. Department of Energy has awarded ElementUSA and Colorado School of Mines $67 million funding to design, construct, commission and operate a rare earth element (REE) facility. The facility will be capable of separating REE from mine tailings or other waste as well as refining the resulting oxides into rare earth metals. It will be located at Gramercy, Louisiana. The facility will be operated by ElementUSA and will be capable of supplying 150…

Louisiana among states selected to receive federal funding for rare earth projects

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday that Louisiana was one of the few states chosen for a $134 million rare earth element initiative in a move that would give the U.S. more independence from China, Reuters reports.  ElementUSA has been awarded about $67 million for a rare earth refining facility projected to cost $850 million in St. John the Baptist Parish to ramp up its production of core material for military vehicles, naval ships …

Phoenix Tailings Awarded $66 million Department of Energy Grant to Accelerate American Rare Earth Processing

$147.8 million project brings together Phoenix Tailings, MIT, and the University of Minnesota to deploy and scale next generation rare earth separation and metallization...

US Department of Energy awarding Louisiana rare earth element project $67 million in grant funding

LAPLACE — The U.S. Department of Energy said that a St. John the Baptist Parish project will receive around $67 million in federal dollars to extract rare earth elements from waste streams, Reuters reports. The investment will partially fund a $850 million facility from ElementUSA in St. John Parish. This facility will extract gallium, scandium, iron and other critical minerals from more than 30 million tons of bauxite residue, the byproduct of …