Photo Credit: Fair Use [17 U.S.C. § 107] Valuable rare earth minerals found in what long considered industrial waste and environmental hazard
Valuable Rare Earths Discovered in Fly Ash Waste
18 Apr 2025 | Abstracted from The Cool Down
"A 2024 study led by scientists from the University of Texas at Austin estimated there is $8.4 billion worth of rare earth elements in U.S. coal ash...The study estimated that there are 11 million tons of rare earth elements in U.S. coal ash...That would mean there's nearly eight times the nation's known reserves of the critical materials buried in something that's typically considered industrial waste..."
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