HOUSTON, Lub Rau Hli 2 (Argus) - Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tebchaws Meskas (DOE) tau muab $ 134 lab rau ob txoj haujlwm txhawm rau ntxiv dag zog rau cov khoom siv hauv tsev ntawm cov khoom tsis tshua muaj hauv ntiaj teb.
US Department of Energy tau hais rau lub Rau Hli 1 tias Colorado School of Mines thiab Phoenix Tailings, nyob hauv Oklahoma, tau raug xaiv rau kev sib tham txog cov khoom plig. Tus nqi ntawm txhua qhov khoom plig tsis tau qhia tawm.
Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Colorado ntawm Mines - St. John's Baptist Parish yuav tsim, tsim, ua haujlwm thiab ua haujlwm ua qauv qhia lub ntiaj teb tsis tshua muaj nyob ze ntawm alumina refinery hauv Grassy Lake, Louisiana. Lub chaw yuav ua cov ntxhia tseem ceeb- nplua nuj bauxite pov tseg rau hauv cov av tsis tshua muaj oxides cais thiab ua kom zoo dua rau hauv cov hlau tsis tshua muaj hauv ntiaj teb.
Lub tsev kawm ntawv yuav koom tes nrog cov koom tes suav nrog ElementUSA, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Thawj Tswj Hwm Minerals thiab Rare Earth Technologies.
Phoenix Tailings yuav tsim, tsim, ua haujlwm thiab ua haujlwm ua qauv qhia - ntsuas qhov chaw los tsim siab -purity tsawg lub ntiaj teb hlau los ntawm cov khoom siv hauv tsev pov tseg- muab cov ntaub ntawv raw. Lub tuam txhab yuav koom tes nrog Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Lub DOE's Critical Minerals thiab Energy Innovation Office tswj xyuas cov nyiaj no los ntawm nws qhov Rare Earth Elements Demonstration Facilities Program. Tus nqi ntawm qhov khoom plig tuaj yeem hloov pauv ua ntej cov txiaj ntsig tau tshaj tawm raws li DOE thiab cov neeg thov kev sib tham.
