# Phoenix Tailings Advances Rare Earth Separation Engineering

> Phoenix Tailings completes rare earth separation system designs to reduce U.S. dependence on Chinese critical materials.
- Title: Phoenix Tailings Advances Rare Earth Separation Engineering
- Summary: Phoenix Tailings completes rare earth separation system designs to reduce U.S. dependence on Chinese critical materials. Phoenix Tailings completed…
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- Source: Financialpost — https://financialpost.com/globe-newswire/phoenix-tailings-advances-rare-earth-separation-engineering
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- Topics: phoenix tailings, rare earth separation, u.s. critical materials, freedom project, metallization operations, separated oxides, money, business
## Phoenix Tailings completes rare earth separation system
Phoenix Tailings announced completion of preliminary designs for its commercial-scale rare earth separation system.

> America’s future cannot depend on permission from Beijing
## U.S. capacity to process 18,000 tons annually
The milestone advances Freedom, Phoenix Tailings’ approximately $1.2 billion separation-and-metallization project designed to give U.S. and allied manufacturers an independent source of rare earth oxides and metals.
## Breaking U.S. dependence on Chinese materials
Phoenix Tailings aims to reduce America’s reliance on Chinese-controlled critical materials and build industrial capacity for a secure domestic supply chain.
## Next step: scale separation to 18,000 tons
Phoenix Tailings plans to scale separation to process more than 18,000 tons of rare earth feedstocks annually and produce more than 4,400 tons of separated oxides.
## Modular design for future expansion
The system is designed to handle feedstocks from mines and recyclers with modular expansion as market demand grows.
## Freedom Project supported by defense loan
The separation technology is part of the Freedom Project backed by a conditional loan commitment from the Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital.
## Key takeaway

Phoenix Tailings completed preliminary designs for a commercial-scale rare earth separation system to process over 18,000 tons of feedstocks annually and reduce U.S. reliance on Chinese-controlled critical materials.