BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota’s Industrial Commission is awarding nearly five million dollars in funding through the state’s Lignite Research Program to three programs recommended by the Lignite Research Council.
Created in 1987, the Lignite Research, Marketing and Development program has invested more than $100 million in projects supporting the lignite industry.
The projects that were approved included:
- $3,316,695 to the Lignite Energy Council for the “Enhance, Preserve and Protect the North Dakota Lignite Industry” project;
- $1.1 million to the University of North Dakota for the “Pilot Expansion and Testing for Improving Lignite Fuels and REE Processing” project; and,
- $400,000 to Microbeam Technologies Inc. for the “Efficient Refining of Germanium Metal from Fly Ash-Derived Concentrates” project
