On the recordJanuary 24, 2018
We can produce and we are working on that, 45,000 tons per year. Forty-five thousand tons per year of rare earth elements just from the waste in the mining of what we do for the country.
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congress.govJoe Manchin: “We can produce and we are working on that, 45,000 tons per year. Forty-five thousand tons per year of rare earth…”
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Manchin discusses potential U.S. production of rare earth elements from coal mining waste.
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