Colorado School of Mines and ElementUSA awarded 67MbyDOEforconstructionofrareearthprocessingplantColoradoSchoolofMinesandElementUSAhavebeenawarded67M by DOE for construction of rare earth processing plant Colorado School of Mines and ElementUSA have been awarded 67 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a plant for the extraction and processing of rare earth elements from alumina tailings in Louisiana. The project in Gramercy, Louisiana is one of two announced today by DOE’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation to design, construct, commission and...