Welcome to the Center for Critical Minerals
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The Center for Critical Minerals (C2M) combines Penn State's expertise across several colleges in partnership with industrial partners to develop the fundamental science and technology needed to harness domestic mineral sources. The center builds on Penn State's established interdisciplinary capabilities to make the University the premier technical and research support partner for companies developing commercial critical materials projects. The Center for Critical Minerals (C2M) works to mitigate risk posed to the United States' dependency on raw and semi-finished materials for advanced manufacturing. In 2017, the U.S. produced an estimated $75.2 billion of nonfuel materials. Those base materials were used in energy, medical, and defense applications along with consumer electronics. However, in production of those goods, the U.S. was completely dependent on imports of twenty-one out of the fifty nonfuel commodities. That dependency poses a national security and economic risk if the U.S. does not develop methods and technologies to create its own supply of critical materials. |
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eNewsMussels inspire an eco-friendly way to extract critical rare earth elements Mission critical: To get critical minerals and rare earth metals from coal waste A protein mines, sorts rare earths better than humans, paving way for green tech Sen. Casey visits Penn State, highlights $2.1 million drainage research |
Upcoming MeetingMining PA - August 14-16, 2023 Just OutA Critical Review of Extraction Methods for Vanadium from Petcoke Ash - January 2023 Addressing a Critical National Need: Leading the Development of a Domestic Critical Minerals Supply Chain - November 2022 |
Presentations & Awards2023 SME Annual Conference & Expo - February 26-March 1, 2023 TATA Steel Webinar on Recent Advances in Critical Materials - November 23, 2022
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Contact UsSarma V. Pisupati • Director of Center for Critical Minerals • 126B Hosler Building • Tel: 1-814-865-0874 • sxp17@psu.edu |
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