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Supporting Technological Separation and Purification of Naturally Occurring Radionuclides and Rare Earth Elements from Minerals
Project Type
Technical Cooperation Project
TC Region
Africa
Project Code
EGY2013Approved Date
1 January 2016
Status
Active
Objectives
To develop capacities for the sustainable production process for REEs and thorium from the Egyptian monazite mineral which is a phosphate of rare earth considered as a major source of REE and thorium rather than uranium.