Feasibility of Recovering Rare Earth Elements
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The DOE-NETL Rare Earth Element (REE) Program began in 2014, and is focused on extracting, separating and recovering REEs from coal and coal by-products.
Rare earth elements (REEs) are essential dual use materials that are incorporated into many of today’s components ...
…… and are paving the way for future technology innovation and integration.
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REE Program Goals
Validate the technical and economic feasibility of domestic small pilot-scale facilities to produce high purity rare earth elements and critical materials from coal and coal-based resources
Success Stories
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Concentrating Rare Earth Elements in Acid Mine Drainage Using Coal Combustion Products through Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation
Researchers from Ohio State University have demonstrated that a conceptual three-stage trap-extract-precipitate (TEP) process can successfully recover rare earth elements (REEs) from coal mine drainage (CMD). The team from Ohio State has been working closely with several key stakeholders in the region, including those from the public sector (Ohio Department of Natural Resources and City of Columbus), power generation industry (American Electric Power), and non-for-profit organizations (The Wilds).
Karol Schrems & Anthony Zinn, Federal Project Manager, NETL
Chin-Min Cheng, John Lenhart, Jeffrey Bielicki, Tarunjit Butalia,
Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering
The Ohio State University
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