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Collaboration Opportunity: Efficient Adsorptive Recovery of HREEs and Critical Minerals from Coal Derivatives
National Energy Technology Laboratory
National Energy Technology Laboratory in the United States has published a notice (Special Notice) about “Collaboration Opportunity: Efficient Adsorptive Recovery of HREEs and Critical Minerals from Coal Derivatives”. It is not a call for bids: no tender is open to bid on yet, or the buyer has already chosen a supplier.
The tender in brief
Partnership to commercialise a NETL method for recovering rare earths and critical minerals from coal
The National Energy Technology Laboratory seeks industry partners to license or jointly develop an adsorptive process that recovers heavy rare earth elements and critical minerals such as gallium, germanium, vanadium, cobalt and nickel from coal, coal refuse and their derivatives. The method uses physical pre-concentration and pH-swing regeneration, works at parts-per-million concentrations, and is at technology readiness level 3-5.
Who can win it
- Industry partners able to bring the technology to market
- Relevant expertise and/or facilities in rare earth and critical mineral recovery
Key facts
- Procedure
- Special Notice
- Published
- 14 Sep 2026
- Reference
- NETL-22N-08
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