The mission of DOE-NETL’s Feasibility of Recovering Rare Earth Elements program is development of an economically competitive and sustainable domestic supply of rare earth elements (REEs) and critical materials (CMs) to assist in maintaining our Nation’s economic growth and National Security.
The objectives of the DOE-NETL Feasibility of Recovering Rare Earth Elements program are to
Three overarching goals of the DOE-NETL Feasibility of Recovering Rare Earth Elements program are
The ultimate goal of the DOE-NETL’s Feasibility of Recovering Rare Earth Elementsprogram is to validate the technical and economic feasibility of small, domestic, pilot-scale, prototype facilities to generate, in an environmentally benign manner, high purity 90-99 wt% (900,000-990,000 ppm), salable, rare earth element oxides (REOs) from 300 ppm coal-based resources.