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Critical Minerals and Materials Program Annual Accomplishments

The National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) Science and Technology (S&T) Accomplishments Sessions highlight exceptional research and development (R&D) achievements from the previous year, showcasing NETL’s progress toward promoting safe, reliable, and affordable energy nationwide while protecting the environment for future generations.

2024 NETL 25th Anniversary Showcase Posters

NETL Science – Unconventional Domestic Mineral Wealth

NETL Science – Unconventional
Domestic Mineral Wealth

Minerals to Materials Supply Chain Research Facility (METALLIC) Accelerates Critical Materials Technology Development & Innovation

Minerals to Materials Supply Chain Research Facility
(METALLIC) Accelerates Critical Materials
Technology Development & Innovation

PrOMMiS: Transforming the National Landscape for Critical Minerals and Rare Earths

PrOMMiS: Transforming the National Landscape
for Critical Minerals and Rare Earths

Informed Rare Earth Extraction From Mine Drainage Treatment Waste

Informed Rare Earth Extraction
From Mine Drainage Treatment Waste

Advanced Characterization Techniques Help Unlock Critical Minerals From Unconventional Feedstocks

Advanced Characterization Techniques Help
Unlock Critical Minerals From
Unconventional Feedstocks

2023 Critical Minerals and Materials Program Accomplishments Posters

NETL Researchers Create Technology to Detect Aluminum Impurities in Rare Earth Element Sources

NETL Researchers Create Technology to
Detect Aluminum Impurities in
Rare Earth Element Sources

NETL Researchers Develop Technology to Detect A Scarce Critical Mineral in Coal Byproducts

NETL Researchers Develop Technology
to Detect a Scarce Critical Mineral
in Coal Byproducts

Critical Minerals and Materials Projects Reaching Important Milestones With NETL Support

Critical Minerals and Materials Projects
Reaching Important Milestones
With NETL Support

2022 Critical Minerals and Materials Program Accomplishments Posters

Feasibility Studies for Processing Rare Earth Elements from Coal Byproducts Completed

Feasibility Studies for Processing
Rare Earth Elements from
Coal Byproducts Completed

Bio-Oxidation Technique Generates a Breakthrough in Rare Earth Extraction Technologies

Innovative Integrated Instrument for
Characterizing Rare Earth Elements
Built and Tested

2021 Critical Minerals and Materials Program Accomplishments Posters

DOE-NETL’s REE-CM Program Accelerates Mineral Extraction from Domestic Coal-Based Resources

Rare Earths and Critical Minerals
Produced in Five First-of-a-Kind
U.S. Domestic Seperation Facilities

Bio-Oxidation Technique Generates a Breakthrough in Rare Earth Extraction Technologies

Pilot-Scale Plants to Recover
Rare Earths and Critical Minerals
from Coal and Coal Refuse

2020 Critical Minerals and Materials Program Accomplishments Posters

DOE-NETL’s REE-CM Program Accelerates Mineral Extraction from Domestic Coal-Based Resources

NETL’s REE-CM Program Accelerates Mineral Extraction
from Domestic Coal-Based Resources

Bio-Oxidation Technique Generates a Breakthrough in Rare Earth Extraction Technologies

Bio-Oxidation Technique Generates a Breakthrough
in Rare Earth Extraction Technologies

High Purity Rare Earth Elements (REE) Recovered from Coal Ash via a Novel Electrowinning Process

High Purity Rare Earth Elements Recovered
from Coal Ash via a Novel Electrowinning Process

Rare Earth Extraction Field Tests Prove Versatility of Novel Sorbent

Rare Earth Extraction Field Tests
Prove Versatility of Novel Sorbent

: Ground-breaking Technologies Accelerate Commercialization Opportunities for Rare Earth Extraction from Coal

Ground-breaking Technologies Accelerate
Commercialization Opportunities for Rare Earth Extraction from Coal

2019 Critical Minerals and Materials Program Accomplishments Posters

Economics Improved for Rare Earth Products from Coal

Economics Improved for Rare Earth Products from Coal

Process Improvements, Cost Reductions by Automation of Rare Earths Extraction

Process Improvements, Cost Reductions by Automation of Rare Earths Extraction

2018 Critical Minerals and Materials Program Accomplishments Posters

Rare Earth Elements & Critical Minerals

Rare Earth & Critical Minerals

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Extracting Rare Earth Elements Affordably and Efficiently

2017 Critical Minerals and Materials Program Accomplishments Posters

Advanced Manufacturing

REE Technology Development - Phase 2: REE Recovery Projects

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REE Characterization R&D