Omnis Sublimation Recovery Technologies (OSRT) will invest $60 million in Wyoming County, West Virginia and use their revolutionary technology to extract rare earth metals from coal waste impoundments.
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Coal waste impoundments have created an opportunity for innovation in the Mountain State. Converting this waste material into high-quality, high-value metals can help turn these impoundments into a strategic asset and help grow West Virginia’s economy.
This revolutionary technology and process will be showcased in southern West Virginia and will be used to supply the critical, strategic, and rare earth metals that are necessary for the building and manufacturing of smartphones, computers, and other high-performance electronic devices, as well as new high-performance building materials.
OSRT has begun engineering and will immediately start site infrastructure. The building and equipment are expected to be completed and installed by mid-2023.
OSRT will hire 100 team members with well-paying jobs and train them to operate this technology in a safe, clean environment.
Coal waste impoundments and gob piles are rich in critical metals, including strategic metals and rare earth metals. Millions of tons of these metals are concentrated from the natural coal seam sources.
The coal mining process has concentrated these minerals, and they are available in many waste impoundments. These critical metals are essential to building smartphones, computers, and other high-value electronics.
OSRT’s technology can extract pure metals from coal impoundment mineral waste using Ultra-High Heat without acids or harmful chemicals. The technology recovers 100% of the metals, including all critical, strategic, and rare earth metals, with zero waste and no harmful emissions.
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