Critical Materials Innovation Hub News

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.

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CMI scientists develop rare earth free magnet for use in industrial motors

CMI research at Ames National Laboratory with industry partners developed a bonded magnet without rare earths that retains magnetism at high temperatures.

Western Digital, Microsoft launch initiative to recycle critical minerals from disused data center equipment

Story about a CMI technology for acid-free dissolution recycling being used in a pilot project with CMI Team member Western Digital, Microsoft, CMI Team member TdVib subsidiary Critical Materials Recycling, and PedalPoint Recycling.

LLNL: Inspired by nature, proteins pick out mission-critical metals

CMI research at CMI Team members Penn State and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory created the technology that has now been licensed to CMI Team member Alta Technologies.

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Report: US concerns over minerals deal with Ukraine leading to potential losses

News article quotes CMI Deputy Director Rod Eggert, Colorado School of Mines