Notice of Intent to Issue Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA): Mines and Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting By-Product Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities
OpenOpens: Aug 13, 2025federal
Updated: Oct 30, 2025
Summary
The grant aims to support the development of large pilot-scale facilities for recovering domestic critical minerals and materials from various industrial facilities. Industries like phosphate, fertilizer, oil and gas, smelting, mining, and waste management are eligible for resources related to this goal. Interested parties should stay updated for the release of the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for application details.
Full Description
This is a Notice of Intent (NOI) to Issue Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) No. DE-FOA-0003583, titled: Mines and Metals Capacity Expansion – Piloting By-Product Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery at Domestic Industrial Facilities.
The goal of the planned NOFO is to facilitate the development of large pilot-scale facilities to recover domestic critical minerals and materials (CMM), including rare earth elements (REE), graphite, and other value-added products from operating industrial facilities. Example industries with byproduct production potential include: phosphate, fertilizer, oil and gas, smelting, mining, waste management. Goal-related resources will be eligible in this program.
Disclaimer
This NOI is issued so that interested parties are aware that DOE may issue a NOFO as described herein, may issue a NOFO that is significantly different than what is described herein, or may not issue a NOFO at all. Any information contained within this NOI is subject to change.
No concept papers, letters of intent, or full applications are being requested nor accepted in response to this NOI. The Department is not seeking comments on the information in this notice and will not respond to questions concerning this Notice. Upon release of a NOFO, an avenue for potential applicants to submit questions will be provided.
Doc link: FundOpp_DE-FOA-0003582.pdf
Application link unavailableUpdated Oct 30, 2025
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