endrebalogh The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $39 million in funding for 16 projects across 12 states to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required for the clean energy transition. The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will … Read more
Phoenix Tailings, a US-based critical materials extraction and refining startup, is to receive $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to extract nickel and magnesium from mining waste using what it says is “carbon negative technology”. These metals are crucial to the production of the batteries that fuel cars, computers and phones using a … Read more
Funding Part of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Program Seeking to Develop Sustainable Supply of Minerals Woburn, MA – Phoenix Tailings, a Massachusetts-based critical materials extraction and refining startup, today announced it will receive $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to extract nickel and magnesium from mining waste using carbon negative technology. These … Read more
Woburn, MA – Phoenix Tailings, a Woburn- and Somerville-based startup, was honored last night with a Startup Manufacturing Impact Award at the 2022 Massachusetts Celebration of Manufacturing, held by FORGE in partnership with the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center & Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership. The event brought together forward-thinking manufacturing organizations in Massachusetts to highlight their … Read more
Woburn, MA – Michelle Chao, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Phoenix Tailings, has been appointed to the Rare Earth Industry Association’s (REIA) Board of Directors during its annual meeting in Frankfurt, Germany. REIA represents the global rare earth metals industry, with the goal of educating the world about the increasing value of these elements. … Read more
Right now, the United States is completely dependent on China for rare-earth metals. These critical materials are a vital component of almost everything manufactured today, from smartphones and electric vehicles to satellites and fighter planes. Almost every aspect of modern manufacturing uses at least one of these 17 elements — and America’s biggest geopolitical rival … Read more
Manufacturing and technology executives are closely watching the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate debate two different versions of a bill designed to boost American manufacturing. Each chamber passed their own version of a bill to ameliorate our supply chain problems, support innovative research and strengthen domestic production of essential components. Now, the bills are … Read more
Clean energy can be a dirty business, especially when extracting the minerals that are vital to building green technologies like electric cars. But a Woburn startup called Phoenix Tailings says it has developed a pollution-free way to refine rare earth metals from mining waste. In theory, at least, that’s a breakthrough that could turn rare earth mining … Read more