The U.S> is seeking to boost its domestic supply of rare earths and critical minerals, and researchers are looking at the ...

Trapped within the country’s coal ash deposits lies a staggering $8.4 billion worth of these essential elements, a finding that could significantly reduce dependence on imports and reshape ...

Isotopes are variations of an element ... has also used strontium isotopes to trace environmental contamination in landfill leaching, coal mining, coal ash, fracking fluids, and groundwater ...

A 2024 study led by scientists from the University of Texas at Austin estimated there’s $8.4 billion worth of rare earth elements in U.S. coal ash. This diamond-in-the-rough discovery could reduce ...

PHNX Materials has devised a way to strip fly ash of sulfur and aluminum, impurities that concrete companies would rather ...

Fortunately, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management said it didn’t receive any reports of damage to the state’s ...

That coal ash, the waste from burning coal, was at risk of leaching into groundwater and spreading toxins, officials said. It was part of a broad crackdown by the Biden administration on coal ash ...

In October 2023 the EPA released a draft revised risk assessment for coal ash that found increased cancer risks from exposure to radioactive elements and arsenic. “This Superfund investigation needs ...