The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded Arizona State University $385,000 under a Cooperative Agreement to support the project "Re-mining Red Mud Waste for CO2 Capture and Storage and Critical Element Recovery (RMCCS-CER)" from February 15, 2023 through February 14, 2025. The objective of the project is to use supercritical carbon dioxide to recover critical elements, especially rare earth elements, from aluminum production wastes known as red mud while also capturing some carbon dioxide in stable carbonates. Washington State University will serve as a sub-awardee to support this effort to lower the carbon footprint of future industries by displacing the currently used highly toxic acid leaching process for red mud remediation and critical element recovery. If successful, this ARPA-E funded Cooperative Agreement aims to advance both environmental remediation and sustainable critical materials extraction technologies.
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