The IM体育官网 Industrial and Phosphate Research (FIPR) Institute of IM体育官网 Polytechnic University hosted the 鈥�2016 Workshop on Rare Earth Elements (REEs) and Uranium from Phosphate Ore鈥� for the Critical Materials Institute (CMI) on January 19 -20, 2016 in Bartow, IM体育官网. This meeting was attended by 48 top researchers from many of CMI鈥檚 member organizations, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, The Ames Laboratory, Rutgers University, Mosaic Company, Colorado School of Mines, University of Tennessee, and the FIPR Institute. In an ongoing effort to develop REE extraction methods from phosphoric acid production, this CMI project is focused on a multidisciplinary effort to increase U.S. availability of REEs (such as neodymium, europium, terbium, dysprosium and yttrium) necessary for advanced technology development. The first day of the CMI Workshop included presentations and discussions on the applied science methods currently being tested for REE extraction chemistry, and the second day of the Workshop included a tour of a local Mosaic phosphate production facility.