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WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration granted $1.4 million to Woburn-based Phoenix Tailings, a company that has developed technologies to more sustainably mine rare earth metals through a zero-waste approach. The project, funded by the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2) at the Center for Advanced Manufacturing will support Phoenix Tailings’ novel approach to metal production, which utilizes highly efficient and carbon neutral processes to create additional value from rare earth metals, such as neodymium and dysprosium. These metals are essential to many critical technologies including electric vehicles, wind turbines, nuclear reactors, and jet engines.

WESTBOROUGH, MA – The Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) at MassTech has announced a third group of 16 cities and towns participating in the Commonwealth’s Municipal Digital Equity Planning Program. The program provides municipalities across the state with free strategic planning from pre-qualified consultants to help cities and towns determine the main impediments to internet access and help focus on solutions to bridge the existing digital divide, and tackle issues around affordability, digital literacy training, device access, and other barriers.