This post was originally published on this site.The US Department of Energy announced Wednesday $29.5 million for 17 mining technology projects across 12 National Laboratories through the Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation’s (CMEI) Mine of the Future Initiative.  The projects, DOE said, will reduce dependence on foreign supply chains, bolster national security, and advance the technologies that will establish America’s long‑term energy independence.  They are focused on moving next-generation mining, extraction, and processing technologies from the laboratory toward field testing and commercial deployment. Applications span underground recovery, autonomous exploration, secondary sourcing, and advanced beneficiation.  Underground recovery Five projects...

This post was originally published on this site.Technology startup Supra Elemental Recovery announced Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Logistics Agency has awarded it a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to advance recovery of scandium. The company didn’t disclose the amount of the award.   The contract, it said, will bolster Supra’s recovery of rare earth elements from North American industrial byproducts. Spun out of the University of Texas at Austin, Supra recovers and refines critical minerals using peer-reviewed separation technologies at mining and industrial site. Supra’s proprietary platform utilizes advanced chemical separation technology to selectively recover...