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Utah-based Energy Fuels to enter commercial rare earth business in Q1-2021

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entered into a three-year supply agreement with The Chemours Company to acquire a minimum of 2,500 tons per year of natural monazite sands, one of the highest-grade rare earth element (REE) minerals in the world. Shipments of monazite sands from Georgia to the White Mesa Mill in Utah are expected to commence in the first quarter of 2021.

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How the Computer Graphics Industry Got Started at the University of Utah

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Their groundbreaking research, conducted at the University of Utah , in Salt Lake City, and at their company, Evans and Sutherland , helped jump-start the computer graphics industry. The IEEE Utah Section sponsored the nomination. IEEE Milestone Dedication: Utah Computer Graphics youtu.be thesis in 1963 at MIT.

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Koch invests $252M in Compass Minerals to support development of lithium brine project in Utah; ESM for DLE

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Koch Minerals & Trading, LLC (KM&T), a diverse global trading, logistics and investment company and subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc. KII), is making a $252-million investment in Compass Minerals, a leading global provider of essential minerals, to support phase-one development of its previously identified 2.4

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4 companies jointly propose $8B green energy initiative for LA area; Wyoming wind, Utah storage, transmission

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Four companies—Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy, Magnum Energy, Dresser-Rand and Duke-American Transmission—have proposed a first-in-the-US, $8-billion green energy initiative that would bring large amounts of clean electricity to the Los Angeles area by 2023. million LA-area homes.

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Estonian shale oil company acquires shale interests in Utah

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With the recent approval of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), Eesti Energia (internationally known as Enefit) of Estonia has purchased a 100% interest in Oil Shale Exploration Company ( OSEC ) of Alabama, which has significant oil shale interests in Utah. billion barrels of shale oil in Utah.

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Tesla supplier LG Energy Solution secures lithium carbonate supply from Utah mine

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The battery materials will be coming from Compass’ lithium brine development project at its Ogden, Utah, site on the Great Salt Lake. . Under the terms of the deal, LGES would be receiving 40% of Compass Minerals’ anticipated annual production of 11,000 metric tons during the first phase of its Ogden, Utah site.

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American Sands Energy announces successful operation of oil sand pilot facility in Utah

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an oil sands exploration and development company operating in the state of Utah, announced the successful operation of its oil sand recovery pilot facility. As a result, CEO William Gibbs said that the company is now ready to submit a mine permit application and begin development of a 5,000 barrel per day facility at its Utah property.

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