Rare Earth Elements Demonstration Facility

The Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) is seeking applications for projects to design, construct, commission, and operate a Rare Earth Element (REE) Demonstration Facility. This facility should demonstrate the separation of REEs from feedstock derived from acid mine drainage, mine waste, or other deleterious materials to rare earth oxides and refining into rare earth metals at a single site. • The facility should be able to separate REEs from various feedstocks. • The facility should be able to refine REEs into rare earth metals. • The project should be a single-site operation. • The project should demonstrate the commercial viability of the REE separation and refining process.