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Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting Byproduct Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities (Topic Area 2: Mines & Metals Pilots—All Industries) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM). This program targets pilot-scale facilities that recover valuable critical minerals and materials from existing industrial processes.
Eligible feedstocks include coal waste, mine tailings, industrial byproducts, and specialty metal process streams.
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Funding Notice: Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting By-Product Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities | Department of Energy Funding Notice: Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting By-Product Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities NOFO number : DE-FOA-0003583 Download the full funding opportunity : NETL Exchange Funding Amount : $275,000,000 On November 14, 2025 , the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $275 million in federal funding for American industrial facilities capable of producing valuable minerals from existing industrial and coal byproducts.
These critical materials are essential for developing technology needed to support U.S. energy production, manufacturing, and transport and for our national defense.
The Department announced in August its intent to invest $1 billion to advance and scale mining, processing, and manufacturing technologies, delivering on President Trump’s Executive Orders, Unleashing American Energy and Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production .
These actions will secure America’s critical material supply chain, increase domestic mineral production, reduce reliance on foreign sources, and strengthen U.S. energy independence. These pilots will demonstrate the feasibility of recovering critical minerals from existing American infrastructure and industrial activity, reducing waste while building new domestic supply chains for high-value materials.
Eligible applicants include institutions of higher education, for- and non-profit entities, state and local governments, and Indian Tribes.
This funding opportunity has two topic areas for the design, construction, and operation of large pilot-scale facilities to produce critical materials: Topic Area 1 : Mines & Metals Pilots—Coal-Based Industry Topic Area 2 : Mines & Metals Pilots—All Industries DOE expects to award up to $275 million in federal funding with a minimum of 20% cost-sharing from the awardees.
Mines and Metals Capacity Expansion – Topic 1 Selections AMMPT announced $75 million across five selected projects that use coal and coal-based feedstocks to produce rare earth elements and other critical materials aiming to derisk the technical and financial uncertainties for commercial deployment of critical materials byproduct recovery technologies.
Selected projects will reduce America’s dependence on foreign resources through large pilot-scale production under real-world conditions.
See projects selected for negotiations below: University of North Dakota (Headquarters: Grand Forks, North Dakota) Valor Metals, Inc. (Headquarters: New York, New York) CONSOL Innovations, LLC (Headquarters: Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) American Resources Corporation (Headquarters: Fishers, Indiana) Peabody Energy Corporation (Headquarters: St.
Louis, Missouri) NOI Issue Date : 08/13/2025 Funding Opportunity Issue Date: 11/14/2025 Submission Deadline for Full Applications: 1/15/2026 at 5:00 PM ET Expected Date for Selection Notifications: Summer 2026 Download the full funding opportunity on NETL Exchange . Questions regarding this NOFO must be submitted to DE-FOA-0003583@netl. doe.
gov no later than three (3) business days prior to the application due date and time.. For technical assistance, contact NETL-ExchangeSupport@hq. doe.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Pilot-scale industrial facilities with the potential to produce valuable mineral byproducts from existing industrial processes. Cost Share: 20 percent to 50 percent. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows ~$175,000,000 total for Topic Area 2 (maximum seven awards). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Mines & Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting Byproduct Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities (Topic Area 2: Mines & Metals Pilots—All Industries) is funded by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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