Critical Materials Innovation Hub News

Rio Tinto starts production of critical mineral tellurium at Kennecott

Rio Tinto starts production of critical mineral tellurium at Kennecott and credits collaboration with Critical Materials Institute

person at podium in front of large building for Rio Tinto announcement of producing tellurium

Rio Tinto starts tellurium production at Kennecott

Rio Tinto starts production of critical mineral tellurium at Kennecott and credits collaboration with Critical Materials Institute

INL seeks to find more efficient way to recycle electronic waste

CMI research led by Idaho National Laboratory is featured in this television story about Electrochemical Recycling Electronic Constituents of Value (E-RECOV), which uses an electrochemical cell to efficiently reclaim valuable metals and rare-earth elements from discarded electronic equipment.

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What to do with your old phone? INL's E-RECOV might have the answer

CMI research led to the technology described in this story from Idaho National Laboratory: What to do with your old phone? INL's E-RECOV might have the answer

image of the E-RECOV system at Faraday Technologies

What to do with your old phone? INL's E-RECOV might have the answer

CMI research led to the technology described in this story from Idaho National Laboratory: What to do with your old phone? INL's E-RECOV might have the answer

American Rare Earths partners on DOE-funded R&D, drills at Wyoming, Arizona projects

Drilling at Halleck Creek in Wyoming. Image from American Rare Earths.

Western Rare Earths joins Critical Materials Institute

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