3+ hour, 25+ min ago  (683+ words) Old hard drives, servers, and industrial electronics contain valuable rare earths that are often lost before they can be recovered. The devices we throw away every day, like old computers, hard drives, servers, and industrial electronics, may contain some of…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (501+ words) Clearwater testing confirms lithium grades as E3 advances reservoir studies and project planning. Canadian-based critical minerals company E3 Lithium has commissioned Phase 2 of its Clearwater Project Demonstration Facility in Alberta and confirmed lithium concentrations of 75. 8 milligrams per liter in brine produced during…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (529+ words) It offers a way to extract the essential materials needed for modern technology from America's massive stockpiles of coal fly ash. Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a method to harvest rare earth elements (REEs) directly from coal waste. Anuja…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (469+ words) The new method offers an eco-friendly alternative for global lithium extraction by using solar energy and organic solvents to separate lithium from solid salt mixtures. Lithium is essential to the modern world, but its extraction has always carried a heavy…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (247+ words) The demonstration plant will validate rare earth separation process at a scale sufficient to provide design and performance data, as well as economic metrics for a potential follow-on, commercial-scale separation facility. The full scale commercial processing facility will be built…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (306+ words) The company plans to onshore critical mineral supply chains through its rare earth element recovery technology. U. S. Department of Energy has awarded Element USA and Colorado School of Mines $67 million funding to design, construct, commission and operate a rare earth element…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago  (82+ words) Interesting Engineering Why Straw Is Buried in Sand Straw is buried in sandy terrain to reduce wind erosion, stabilize shifting dunes, and trap moisture. The simple technique helps slow desertification and supports vegetation growth. These Machines Can Tear Through Almost…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (115+ words) Interesting Engineering Can software, robots, and wastewater help solve the West's growing critical minerals problem? A practice as old as time, mining has come a long way, but is starting to hit something of a bottleneck in the face of…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (554+ words) The multi-billion-dollar future of clean energy was unlocked by a trip to the hardware store for bathroom tile supplies. Twenty-five years ago, MIT Professor Yet-Ming Chiang bought a tube of glass-etching cream to turn clear glass blocks translucent. He noticed…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (213+ words) Discover the engineering revolution transforming modern defense with Strength, Stealth, Speed: The Very Fast Future of Advanced Defense USA Rare Earth has been selected for US Department of Energy funding to advance domestic critical mineral processing and reduce reliance on…...