Sentences with phrase «process rare earth elements»

The answer lies in whether the University of Kentucky, Virginia Tech and West Virginia University, working with federal energy laboratories, a few coal companies and large manufacturers, can identify ways and locations to economically extract and process rare earth elements from the waste streams left over from mining coal throughout Appalachia and Western Kentucky.

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By next year, the site hopes to produce 2.7 million kilograms of rare earth oxides a year — separating the elements from the ore using a liquid ion - exchange process.

Working there, the pair has created the novel method for processing drive units and electric motors to chemically separate rare earth elements — specifically neodymium, dysprosium, and praseodymium — from other materials used to make the devices.

Separating the two rare earth elements is a complicated process.

Cerium dioxide is an oxide of the rare earth element cerium and a by - product of the process of extraction of rare earth metals.

What costs will be incurred is a question that is currently difficult to answer: «The anticipated financial advantage in recycling the magnets depends not only on the recycling process, but also on the price development for rare earth elements,» Diehl says.

A new rare - earth magnet recycling process developed by researchers at the Critical Materials Institute (CMI) dissolves magnets in an acid - free solution and recovers high purity rare earth elements.

The steel, copper, lithium, cobalt, rare - earth elements, fiberglass, and other raw materials to build all those turbines, batteries, and transmission lines would require massive quantities of earth removal, mining, processing, smelting, and manufacturing — much of it in developing countries under dangerous, inhuman conditions.

Whether it's research on the extraction of rare earth elements from acid mine drainage, biomass growth and conversion, improving renewable energy technology, or enhancing processes that enable us to better utilize our natural resources, we are proud to be a driving force behind the responsible development of our energy resources.