The CMI focus area Diversifying Supply researches how to expand sources of rare earth elements and critical materials, develop transformative processes and find new uses for co-products. Researchers leading projects in Diversifying Supply are located at Ames Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Colorado School of Mines, Missouri S&T, and University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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AI algorithm and dataset for metal-binding selectivity predictions
Lanthanide extractants with improved properties identified
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Flawless mixer-settler run with CMI diglycolamide REE extractant
Te in tailings can be bioleached; indigenous organisms contribute
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