DOE Energy Innovation Hub Announces $4 Million for Critical Materials Projects Department of Energy Innovation Hub Announces $4 Million for Critical Materials Projects
Lograsso named Critical Materials Institute Director Thomas Lograsso has been named director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Institute (CMI) at Ames Laboratory. He currently serves as the interim director, and his appointment to the permanent position will be effective immediately.
INL: Looking to the salvage yard for rare earth elements As the United States seeks a stable domestic supply of rare-earth elements – essential to high-tech instruments and electronics – researchers at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) are looking to the salvage yard to see what might be lurking under the hoods and in the doors of light-duty cars and trucks.
It's all part of the grind: CMI's new hard drive shredder serves up plenty of material for recycling science CMI Research into recovery of rare-earth materials from electronic waste is getting a boost from an industrial shredder than can quickly turn obsolete hard drives into pulverized scrap.
ORNL receives four 2020 FLC technology transfer awards CMI-funded research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used membrane solvent extraction to create a cost-efficient recycling of rare earth elements. This earned a US patent, was licensed to Momentum Technologies and won a national FLC award for technology transfer.
American Manganese announces purity from recycling test results on EV battery materials for DOE CMI project American Manganese announces up to 99.72% purity from recycling test results on electric vehicle battery materials for U.S. Department of Energy Critical Materials Institute project
INL: Sustainable e-recycling process economically competitive with current practices As they discard their cellphones, Americans are throwing away nearly $200 million in unrecovered gold every year, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The problem until now has been a lack of affordable or environmentally friendly recycling options. An alternative, less toxic process developed at Idaho National Laboratory may offer a way to affordably recover precious metals from electronic devices, according to a recently published analysis.
Rare-earths experts at CMI debut a unique new research capability Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Institute have a new and more accurate tool—a start-to-finish, controlled atmosphere materials processing system.
STEM Magazine From Trash to Treasure: Electronic waste is mined for rare earth elements STEM Magazine for educators features CMI research in "From Trash to Treasure: Electronic waste is mined for rare earth elements"
ORNL develops sorbent to recover lithium from geothermal brines ORNL News story on CMI-funded research in diversifying supply