Rare Earths MMI: The Rare Earths Downward Spiral Finally Flattens Article on rare earths notes CMI technology for acid-free dissolution recycling, which is licensed exclusively to TdVib in Boone, Iowa
Acid Free Dissolution Recycling: A Second Chance for Rare Earth Elements The U.S. Department of Energy developed a story about the CMI techology acid free dissolution recycling, which is patented and licensed to TdVib.
Recycling International: Commercial opportunity for water-based rare earths solution Recycling International ran the Ames Laboratory story about commercialization for a rare earth recycling technology developed by CMI
India Education Diary: Ames Laboratory: green rare-earth recycling goes commercial in the US India Education Diary ran the Ames Laboratory story about commercialization for a rare earth recycling technology developed by CMI
Green rare-earth recycling goes commercial in the US An innovative method of recycling rare earth elements from electronic waste has gone commercial
Penn State News: New, environmentally friendly method to extract and separate rare earth elements CMI researchers at Penn State and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory identified a new method to improve extraction and separation of rare earth elements from unconventional sources. The method could eventually be scaled up to help develop a domestic supply of rare earth metals from industrial waste and electronics due to be recycled.
CNBC: New U.S. plan to rival China and end cornering of market in rare earth metals CNBC story quotes CMI Director Tom Lograsso and mentions CMI partner MP Materials and CMI research at Ames Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory
Deputy Secretary Menezes tours Critical Materials Institute Deputy Secretary Menezes tours Critical Materials Institute
Research conducted at Ames lab critical to national security, U.S. official says The Des Moines Register reported on the Secretary of Energy visit to Ames Laboratory on June 17, 2020
New CMI process recycles magnets from factory floor A new recycling method developed by scientists at the Critical Materials Institute, a U.S. Department of Energy Innovation Hub led by the Ames Laboratory, recovers valuable rare-earth magnetic material from manufacturing waste and creates useful magnets out of it. Efficient waste-recovery methods for rare-earth metals are one way to reduce demand for these limited mined resources.
