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Media Monitor: MIT Technology Review Highlights Alumnus's Push to Extract Rare Earth Metals from Mining Waste

20 Oct 2026 5:00 p.m. · Source: MIT Technology Review

MIT Technology Review profiles Tomás Villalón Jr. '14, cofounder of Phoenix Tailings, which uses an electrochemical process to pull rare earth metals from mining waste without toxins.

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