Critical Materials Innovation Hub News

CMI project lead named in World's Top 2% Scientist list

CMI Project Lead Patrick Zhang, Florida Industrial & Phosphate Research Institute (FIPR Institute) and Florida Polytechnic University, is named to the Stanford University's prestigious World's Top 2% Scientists annual list.

Azo Materials: New technology for processing rare earth metals licensed to Principal Mineral

Azo Materials pick-up on Ames Lab news release: https://www.ameslab.gov/news/cmi-technology-for-rare-earth-processing-licensed-to-principal-mineral

CMI technology for rare earth processing licensed to Principal Mineral

Researchers have developed a new technology for processing rare earth metals that has now been licensed to Principal Mineral.

Licensed ORNL technology makes magnets with fewer critical minerals

Sharing story about CMI technologies at Oak Ridge National Laboratory licensed.

ORNL: Licensed ORNL technology makes magnets with fewer critical minerals

CMI Team member Oak Ridge National Laboratory shared story of licensing CMI technology for making magnets with fewer critical minerals

image of brown powder is a rare earth oxide recovered from scrap metal, photo credit Carlos Jones, ORNL, US Department of Energy

Smarter Alloy Design, Now at Your Fingertips: Introducing TAOS from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy is offering an introduction to TAOS - The Alloy Optimization Software, which was developed by CMI researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Missouri mining could get a boost from Trump tariffs and trade tiffs with China and Congo

CMI leaders and researchers at Missouri S&T and their research are described in the article "Missouri mining could get a boost from Trump tariffs and trade tiffs with China and Congo"

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Researchers develop a new, non-toxic method for rare earth metal processing

CMI researchers at Ames National Laboratory have developed a new, non-toxic method for rare earth metal processing

jar of pink powder is Sodium Neodymium Fluoride Salts and a metal strip about 3.5 x 1 centimeter long is a magnet made from the REMAFS process

CMI researchers develop a new, non-toxic method for rare earth metal processing

CMI researchers at Ames National Laboratory have developed a new, non-toxic method for rare earth metal processing

Researchers develop a new, non-toxic method for rare earth metal processing

A team of Ames Lab researchers at the Critical Materials Innovation Hub has developed a new, safer, scalable method for producing rare earth metals that utilizes the Ames Process.

Image of neodymium salts and resulting magnet