Project Grant DEAR0001500

Phoenix Tailings Inc. received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop an advanced low-energy technique for producing rare earth metals using a mixed halide molten salt. The award is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic...

Phoenix Tailings, Inc. will provide carbon dioxide gasification of lateritic ore to extract nickel as part of a $1.275 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E). Through its "CO2 Gone - CO2 Gasification of Ore for Nickel Extraction" project, Phoenix Tailings proposes using a carbon-negative mining process that employs carbon dioxide to extract nickel from lateritic ore. The two-year award beginning April...

This $275,999 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports the development of an environmentally friendly rare earth element extraction process from recycled fluorescent light bulb powder. The awardee, IM Technologies LLC, will engineer a prototype reactor system that uses precision ultra-high temperature heating to evaporate and subsequently condense targeted rare earth constituents from light bulb waste. Research tasks include optimizing thermal energy applications to efficiently extract...

TDA Research, Inc. received a $250,000 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support work on "IONIC LIQUID-BASED ELECTROWINNING FOR REFINING OF RARE EARTH OXIDES/SALTS." The project aims to develop ionic liquid-based electrochemical processes for refining rare earth oxides and salts into purified individual rare earth elements. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $206,497.00 to CF Technologies, Inc. to conduct research and development on chromatographic separation of rare earth elements. CF Technologies, a for-profit manufacturer and small disadvantaged business, specializes in CO2 extraction, fractionation, separation and chromatography. Through this one-year grant awarded on July 10, 2023, the company will research and...

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,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award to Reegen Inc. for $275,000 will support the development of a clean, biological system for extracting and purifying rare earth elements (REEs) from various waste and end-of-life sources. The project aims to reduce the negative environmental impacts of REE production and decrease U.S. dependence on imported REEs, which are critical for manufacturing modern electronics and sustainable energy...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) under the "Science and Technology Projects Related to Coal Mining and Reclamation" CFDA program. The objective is to develop and verify a novel phytomining-based process that enables simultaneous rare earth element (REE) recovery and solid waste reclamation from coal mine...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) provides $6,740,943 to complete the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for a proposed demonstration-scale rare earth metal (REM) and critical minerals (CM) production plant using coal-based resources. The project, referred to as "Project NUREESOURCE", aims to (1) confirm the quality and quantity of five years...

The Department of Defense awarded Rare Earth Salts Separations And Refining LLC a $8,674,454 Cooperative Agreement under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III Program (CFDA 12.777). The funding supports the commercial production of heavy rare earth elements recovered from recycled lamp phosphors, which aims to create, maintain, protect, expand, and restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for national defense. Through this award, Rare Earth Salts will leverage its expertise...