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Will finance for U.S.-based critical mineral supply and security Metal Tech News - August 2, 2023
DOE's FECM Office announces a future funding opportunity for technologies that support domestic mineral security.
Impressing the necessity of developing domestic supplies of critical minerals, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has issued a notice of intent to fund programs that will advance cost-effective and environmentally responsible production, reuse, and recycling of critical minerals and materials in the United States.
As part of the $1.1 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure bill, this latest funding opportunity is aimed to support bench- and pilot-scale research, development, and demonstration projects for:
• Technologies or process improvements along the domestic supply chain that develops new supplies of critical minerals and materials at home.
• Value-added products developed from other materials that are part of the waste streams from which critical minerals and materials are extracted.
• Next-generation technologies to be used for lower-cost, environmentally responsible extraction, production, separation, and processing of critical minerals and materials.
• Alternatives or substitutes for critical minerals and materials that do not occur in great abundance in the United States but can be used as replacements in clean energy technologies.
• New or improved alternative energy technologies or designs that use critical minerals and materials that are abundant in the United States.
These measures aim to bolster domestic production of critical minerals in the U.S., which currently relies on imports for more than half its needs for 43 of the 50 mineral commodities that have been deemed critical to the nation, including 100% dependent for 14 of those minerals and metals. This list includes the suite of rare earths essential to national security and net-zero energy technologies, for which the U.S. is dependent on imports for more than 80% of its supply.
Interested parties can prepare for the release of this funding opportunity by reading the complete notice of intent. DOE expects to issue the funding announcement before the end of September.
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