Recovering Critical Minerals
About this episode
Elizabeth Holley discusses the importance of recovering critical minerals from mining byproducts for national security and technology.
Critical minerals play an essential role in modern technologies, and a domestic supply is essential for national security. Elizabeth Holley, an NSF-supported associate professor, discusses how domestic supplies might be increased by recovering critical minerals from the byproducts of existing mining sites.
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