Why we still need Coal Prep

North American Mining spoke to Penn State’s Prof. Barbara Arnold about the current state and future of coal preparation in the U.S. By Jonathan Rowland There are 154 coal preparation plants active in the U.S. with a further 73 idled. That is still a “decent number,” according to Barbara Arnold, who has spent over three decades involved in the coal…

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Energy Fuels, Penn State tapped by DoE for rare earths production design

Colorado-based Energy Fuels confirmed on Sept. 21 that it and Penn State University in Pennsylvania will soon be awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) Office of Fossil Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory to examine and develop a conceptual commercial-scale design for a mixed rare earth oxide technology using coal-based resources in an environmentally benign…

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