Department of Defense awards rare earth recycler $4.22 million for domestic terbium

The US Department of Defense has awarded $4.22 million to heavy rare earths recycler Rare Earths Salts in a bid to develop domestic sources of the sought-after element terbium. The award should help Nebraska-based Rare Earths Salts develop and expand its production of terbium oxide from used fluorescent light bulbs, an unconventional route that the […]