Cooperative Agreement DEFE0032319

This $200,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) under the Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation program (CFDA 15.255) aims to develop and demonstrate an integrated, pilot-scale solid-phase extraction process for the recovery of critical minerals from acid mine drainage (AMD). The project team at West Virginia University Research Corporation will fundamentally...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development), plans to conduct pilot testing to obtain aqueous solutions rich in mixed rare earth elements, critical minerals, and materials such as manganese, cobalt, nickel, and strontium, as well as a lithium-containing raffinate. The total funding amount is $6,390,593, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31,...

The University of Pittsburgh will receive $199,999 from the Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement under the Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation program (CFDA 15.255) from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024. The Cooperative Agreement will support development of a scalable method for efficient extraction of rare earth elements and yttrium from acidic mine drainage through collaborative research involving geochemical...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award in the amount of $369,810 will support collaborative research to investigate the potential for recovering rare earth elements (REEs) and yttrium from acid mine drainage remediation systems. The research will examine how various biogeochemical conditions impact the uptake of REEs and yttrium by hydrous manganese oxide minerals found in acid mine drainage. Through a combination of laboratory and field...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation (CFDA 15.255) program to Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU). The project aims to develop cost-effective, environmentally friendly biotechnology processes to extract rare earth elements (REEs) from coal mining waste (CMW) streams. Key objectives include: 1) enriching...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management awarded a $6,265,773 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) on September 19, 2024. The primary objective of this project, titled "The Alliance for Critical Mineral Extraction and Production from Coal-Based Resources for Vitality Enhancement in Domestic Supply Chains (ACME-REVIVE)," is to revive a robust,...

This $6,250,000.00 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) program supports the University of Utah's efforts to develop innovative technologies for critical minerals extraction, separation, and purification. The key objectives of this 3-year project include evaluating physical upgrading methods, environmentally-friendly extraction of rare earth elements...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will provide $833,125 to Kent State University from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028 to explore the hydrogeochemical controls on rare earth element and yttrium mobility during rock weathering. The project aims to understand how coal mine waste could potentially be a domestic source of these critical rare earth elements, which are essential for modern technologies like smart devices and clean...

This $199,994 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement will fund research to optimize dewatering of acid mine drainage treatment sludges through December 2025. The work falls under the Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation program (CFDA 15.255), which aims to develop improved science-based technologies to address environmental restoration topics associated with coal mining. Specifically, the...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded Johns Hopkins University a $1.76 million cooperative agreement from January 2023 to January 2026. The award aims to develop carbon-negative mining of critical elements like manganese, cobalt, nickel and copper from low-grade gangue minerals through energy-efficient electrosynthesis of acid and base using renewable electricity. Johns Hopkins will produce hydrochloric acid via salt splitting to leach targeted...