RE: News29 Aug 2025 09:36
This looks right up MKAs street too, HypromagUS
https://www.google.com/amp/s/natlawreview.com/article/doe-announces-nearly-1-billion-secure-us-critical-minerals-and-materials-supply%3famp
"Rare Earth Elements (REEs) Demonstration Facility
The Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) published an NOI to issue a NOFO for up to $135 million of federal funding for the design, construction, and operation of a REE demonstration facility. The purpose of the REE demonstration facility is to demonstrate the extraction, separation, and purification of REEs from non-traditional feedstock sources to yield high-purity rare earth metals. Non-traditional feedstocks include acid mine drainage, mining debris, electronic waste, or other detrimental materials generated by mining or industrial activities.
At this stage, MESC envisages collaboration between academia and industry and will require all applicants to include an academic partner and a cost-sharing arrangement. Additional information regarding the anticipated terms of the NOFO are available in the NOI. Similar to the aforementioned NOIs, MESC encourages interested applicants to prepare for the release of the NOFO by completing the registration requirements detailed in the NOI."