Media coverage - COEMinerals Chief Investigator Prof. George Franks explains the challenge of making a new idea an industry reality in Chemical and Engineering News Magazine

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“… research is still in the early stages, and companies are wary of the risks involved in scaling new approaches. “[They] would much rather look at something which has been built and demonstrated that it works,” says George Franks, a chemical engineer at the University of Melbourne. ​“The mineral-processing industry is extremely risk averse.”

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Chemical and Engineering News story June 26 Inside Australias bid to process rare earths at home

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