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Rio Tinto invests in critical minerals research with Missouri S&T

Project will test new chemical dissolution strategies and purification techniques

Dr. Lana Alagha conducts research in a Missouri S&T mineral processing laboratory. Photo by Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T.

Dr. Lana Alagha conducts research in a Missouri S&T mineral processing laboratory. Photo by Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T.

A Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) professor has secured a $875,000 grant from Rio Tinto, a global mining company, to develop a chemical method for recovering critical minerals...

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