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Government Bankrolls Initial Efforts to Extract Rare Earths From Coal Waste
The day may come when a coal miner processes waste and overburden to commercially produce rare earth elements (REE) for domestic and foreign markets. If the government, a handful of academics, and some dedicated companies have anything to do with it, that day may arrive within a half-decade. Meanwhile, high in the Mohave desert, an idled open-pit mine stands testament to a different future. A researcher of the Molycorp Mountain Pass REEs mine bankruptcy says that government involvement in REEs extraction from coal amounts to little more than a political stunt, some well-meaning theater to benefit beleaguered energy sector players that once contributed to political campaigns. REEs are not particularly rare. With the right technology and systems in place, they could be a byproduct of a number of mines, to include those producing iron, uranium and phosphate. Coal is now proposed as one of the first stepping stones on the path to self-sufficiency regarding raw REEs supply.
Government Bankrolls Initial Efforts to Extract Rare Earths From Coal Waste
The day may come when a coal miner processes waste and overburden to commercially produce rare earth elements (REE) for domestic and foreign markets. If the government, a handful of academics, and some dedicated companies have anything to do with it, that day may arrive within a half-decade. Meanwhile, high in the Mohave desert, an idled open-pit mine stands testament to a different future. A researcher of the Molycorp Mountain Pass REEs mine bankruptcy says that government involvement in REEs extraction from coal amounts to little more than a political stunt, some well-meaning theater to benefit beleaguered energy sector players that once contributed to political campaigns. REEs are not particularly rare. With the right technology and systems in place, they could be a byproduct of a number of mines, to include those producing iron, uranium and phosphate. Coal is now proposed as one of the first stepping stones on the path to self-sufficiency regarding raw REEs supply.
Government Bankrolls Initial Efforts to Extract Rare Earths From Coal Waste
Jesse Morton (author)
2017
Article (Journal)
English
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