Rare Earth Minerals (IMAGE)

Virginia Tech

Rare Earth Minerals

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Virginia Tech engineers have developed a way to extract valuable rare earth minerals from coal and coal byproducts. Eventually they hope to construct a mobile pilot plant in Southwest Virginia.

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Virginia Tech

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