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June 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department \u2060of \u2060Energy said on \u2060Tuesday it has selected projects in \u200bLouisiana and Oklahoma for $134 million in funding to \u200cextract rare earth elements \u200cfrom waste streams.<\/p>\n

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Washington has been pushing \u2060to boost \u2060domestic critical minerals output and cut dependence on \u200bChina, which dominates the global rare earths supply chain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2022 The funding includes about $67 million for a \u200bproject led by the Colorado School of Mines \u2060and ElementUSA \u2060to build a \u2060facility \u200bin Louisiana that will extract and refine rare earths \u200bfrom bauxite \u2060waste.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2022 The plant is expected to test the process at commercial scale and produce 150 to 1,000 metric tons of rare earths \u2060annually from tailings.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 The DOE also selected a project by \u2060Phoenix Tailings to build a demonstration plant in Oklahoma, in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to convert industrial waste into high-purity rare earth metals and establish a new domestic supply route.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2022 In May, the agency had selected rare earth \u2060magnet maker USA Rare Earth to receive up to $19.3 million for a pilot rare earth processing project aimed at boosting domestic supply \u200bchains.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Varun Sahay in Bengaluru; \u200bEditing by Sahal Muhammed)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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