Production Of Mixed Rare Earth Oxides Reos From Coal Based Resources

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The U S Department Of Energy S Doe Office Of Fossil Energy Fe And The National Energy Technology Laboratory Netl Intend To Issue A Competitive Solicitation 89243320Rfe000032 As An Unrestricted Full And Open Competition For Conceptual Design Of A System To Produce 1 3 Tonnes Per Day Of Mixed Rare Earth Oxides Or Rare Earth Salts From Domestic Coal And Coal Byproduct Feedstocks And An Option To Conduct A Feasibility Study Sufficient To Support An Aace Class 4 Cost Estimate To Assess The Technical And Economic Feasibility Of The Approach Identified In The Conceptual Design The Multiple Award Contracts Will Be Firm Fixed Price Contracts For A Conceptual Design With An Option Contract Line Item Number Clin For A Feasibility Study Including Performance And Cost Estimates The Anticipated Award Date For The Resulting Contracts Will Be In The Third Quarter Of Fiscal Year Fy 2020 Any Questions Should Be Directed To The Contract Specialist Amy Stonebraker At Amy Stonebraker Netl Doe Gov Background A Secure Reliable And Sustainable Domestic Supply Of Rare Earth Elements Rees Is Both Essential To The Continued Health Of Our Nation S Energy And Electronics Industries And Is An Important Contributor To National Security Doe S Feasibility Of Recovering Rare Earth Elements Ree Program In Accordance With Call To Action 1 Within Executive Order 13817 On A Federal Strategy To Ensure Secure And Reliable Supplies Of Critical Minerals Is Developing Processes To Recover Rees From Coal And Coal Byproducts In An Environmentally Benign Fashion Using U S Coal Based Resources That Initially Contain 300 Ppm Total Rees Doe S Ree Program Has Demonstrated The Technical Feasibility Of Extracting Rees From Coal Based Materials The Ree Program Has Currently Moved Into Bench Scale And Engineering Scale Prototype Materials Processing With Technology And Engineering Scale Up Challenges And Opportunities Being Addressed Doe Wants To Accelerate The Advancement Of Commercially Viable Technologies For The Extraction Of Rees And Minerals From U S Coal And Coal By Product Sources To That End Doe Netl Envisions That The Next Step Would Have The Following Traits Facility Ies Or System S Shall Produce At Least 1 3 Tonnes Mt Per Day Of Mixed Rare Earth Oxides Or Rare Earth Salts Reos Ress At A Minimum Concentration Of 75 Reo Res By Weight Coal Based Resources Shall Constitute At Least 50 By Weight Of The Feedstocks From Which The Reos Ress Are Extracted Facility Ies Or System S Consisting Of One Or More Module S Potentially Mobile Could Include But Not Be Limited To Feedstock Concentration Fc Focused On Maximizing Or Otherwise Optimizing The Degree Of Physical Concentration Of Coal Derived Rare Earths And Minerals At Or Near The Location Of Coal Based Feedstocks To Minimize The Cost Of Transporting Raw Feedstocks And Chemicals Required To Achieve The Specified Product Quality Such A Module May Include Existing Commercially Available Technologies For Mineral Solid Material Concentration Such As Grinding Density Separation Flotation Electrostatic Separation Magnetic Separation And The Like To Produce Sufficient Quantities Of Product Per Day At The Required Size To Feed A Chemical Extraction Facility Chemical Extraction And Purification Cep Module Potentially Utilizing The Fc Module Feed To Extract The Rees And Produce A Mixed Reo Or Res Stream Of At Least 75 Mixed Reo Res Concentrate By Weight Such A Module Is Envisioned To Include Proven Conventional Processes Technologies Such As Acid E G Sulfuric Nitric Hydrochloric Etc Leaching Precipitation Solid Liquid Separations And The Like To Produce 1 3 Mt Per Day Of Product The Facility Ies System S Can Be New Construction Repurposing Of Existing Or Idled Facilities Or A Combination Of These Options The Module S Is Envisioned To Utilize Conventional Technologies Including Technologies That May Have Been Commercially Deployed For Another Application Or Technologies That Will Be Ready For Deployment In An Engineering Scale Prototype With Only Limited Design Development Activities The Geographic Configuration Could Be Any Of The Following All Modules Circuits Co Located Integrally At One Location All Modules Circuits Located At Distinctly Separate Independent Locations Or Modules Circuits Located At A Combination Of Process Locations Feedstock Materials Shall Be Available In Enough Quantity To Operate The System For A Minimum Of Five Years And Consist Of A Majority I E Gt 50 By Weight Of Coal Based Resources E G Coal Coal Refuse Power Generation Ash Ponded Ash Clay Shale Over Burden Under Burden Material Raw Acid Mine Drainage Amd Fluids And Or Sludges And The Like With The Option To Include Alternate Materials Such As Rare Earth Containing Ores E G Monazite Bastnaesite Placer And Or Phosphate Mine Materials Mineral Mines Acid Drainage And The Like Recycled Materials Are Not Of Interest To This Solicitation The Overall Facility May Be Feedstock Flexible In That One Or A Combination Of The Above Coal Based Resources Can Be Used To Functionally Operate The Facility To Produce The Mixed Reos Ress All Modules Circuits Shall Be Operated In An Environmentally Benign Manner Feedstock Product And Process Design Choices Are Encouraged To Be Made To Optimize The Economic Performance Of The Proposed System Provided That Required Objectives Are Met The Mixed Reos May Contain At Least One Heavy Rare Earth Element Hree And One Light Rare Earth Element Lree With A Focus On Rees Required For Production Of Commodity And Defense Related Magnets Neodymium Nd And Praseodymium Pr Request For Proposal Ultimately Doe Seeks To Understand The Configurations Equipment Features Performance Characteristics And Cost Implications For A System To Produce 1 3 Mt Per Day Of Mixed Reos Ress That Incorporates As Warranted The Aforementioned Attributes Through Conceptual Designs And Potential Feasibility Studies To Achieve This End Doe Encourages Broad Teaming Arrangements That Engage Epc Or A E Firms Technology Developers Equipment Manufacturers And End Users Conceptual Design S Will Provide An Overview Of The Module Concepts Configurations Proposed To Achieve The Objectives Each Design Submission Will Be Limited To A Single Concept Or Technology System The Conceptual Design Will Be A 30 Page Maximum Document Not Including Graphs Charts Or Other Supplemental Data And Will Include Sections Such As Business Case Plant Concept And Important Traits Technology Development Pathway And Original Equipment Manufacturers The Option Clin For The Feasibility Studies Will Focus On Performance Cost Location Feedstock Type Etc After Review Of The Associated Conceptual Design The Option Clin For The Feasibility Studies Shall Also Include Conceptual Designs And Cost Estimates For Taking The Mixed Reos Ress Produced By The Feasibility Study Plant And Generating Individually Separated Reos Ress And Subsequently Individual Rare Earth Metals Rems At Greater Than 90 Concentration By Weight The Government Will Reserve Unilateral Right To Exercise Any Options For The Feasibility Studies Feasibility Studies Will Be Conducted Using Aace International Recommended Practice No 18R 97 Cost Estimate Classification System As Applied In Engineering Procurement And Construction Epc For The Process Industries The Feasibility Cost Estimate Should Nominally Correspond To A Aace Class 4 Estimate Classification Doe May Use The Conceptual And Feasibility Studies To Inform Potential Future Activities That May Culminate In The Design Construction And Operation Of One Or More Systems To Produce The Large Volumes Of Mixed Reos Ress The North American Industrial Classification System Naics Code For This Effort Is 541715 All Responsible Business Sources May Submit A Proposal Which Shall Be Considered By The Agency A Solicitation 89243320Rfe000032 Is Anticipated To Be Available For Downloading During The Second Quarter Fy 2020 On Contract Opportunities Fbo Https Beta Sam Gov And Fedconnect Https Www 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