Wyoming rare earth elements project receives federal funding

26 Jun 2020


GILLETTE -- (AP) — A project in Wyoming to develop technologies and methods to extract rare earth elements from coal ash received more than $810,000 from the federal government.

Researchers at the National Energy Technology Laboratory are overseeing the project, The Gillette News Record reported Wednesday.

The project received the grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Technology Commercialization Fund.