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From coal, a new source of rare

earths
U.S. efforts to extract valuable elements from coal waste
surge
by Britt E. Erickson

JULY 8, 2018 | APPEARED IN VOLUME 96, ISSUE 28

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IN BRIEF

As global demand for rare-earth elements grows, the U.S. Department of Energy is investing
millions of dollars to secure a potentially sustainable domestic source of these commercially
critical elements from coal and coal waste products.The agency is funding more than 30
projects in this area, including work to characterize rare earths in various coal-based
materials, such as coal ash, refuse rock from a coal preparation plant, acid mine
drainage treatment sludge, and young lignitic coal. DOE is also funding work to develop
separation and extraction processes for recovering rare earths from coal-based
materials. So far, the results look promising from a technical standpoint, but researchers
still need to demonstrate that the processes are economical when scaled up for
commercial purposes.

The U.S. coal industry is facing tough times. Demand for coal is dwindling, and the
industry is under fire for polluting streams and rivers with coal ash and acid mine
drainage. But in that waste, and in some cases in the coal itself, are valuable rare-earth
elements that may be readily recovered. If researchers can figure out how to extract
them economically, sales of rare earths could help pay for some of the cleanup costs
now borne by the coal industry and several coal-mining states.

Demand for rare-earth elements, which include the lanthanides plus scandium and
yttrium, has ticked upward over the past few decades. The long list of high-tech
products that rely on rare earths include cell phones, flat-screen TVs, electric cars, wind
turbines, satellites, defense aircraft, and high-performance magnets.

In 2015, global demand for rare-earth elements was 149,000 metric tons per year,
according to Mary Anne Alvin, technology manager of rare-earth elements at the
Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). The U.S.
consumes about 11%, or 16,000 metric tons per year.

Yet rare-earth elements “are a commodity that we do not domestically produce,” Alvin
says. The U.S. gets its supply from China and elsewhere. “If there was a disturbance in
the supply chain and we need these materials, especially for our national security, the
question is, What do we do?” she says. For example, if the trade war between the U.S.
and China escalates, China could cut off much of the U.S. supply of rare earths.

To prevent such a disruption, the Department of Energy (DOE) is investing millions of

dollars in projects to develop a potentially sustainable domestic source from coal and
coal waste products. Alvin oversees more than 30 DOE-funded projects in this area.

Credit: C&EN/David Vinson/ACS Productions

Learn more about efforts by WVU researchers to extract rare-earth elements from coal acid
mine waste in this video.

The research includes characterization of coal and coal by-products—including coal ash
from power generation, refuse rock from coal preparation plants, acid mine drainage
treatment sludge, and young lignitic coal from North Dakota—so that recovery efforts
can focus on coal-based materials with the highest concentrations of rare earths. Other
projects involve optimizing the separation and extraction of rare earths from various
coal-related materials. All the feedstocks start with a minimum of 300 ppm total of rare-
earth elements. For comparison, Chinese clay deposits contain 500 to 5,000 ppm total
of rare earths. It is too early to tell whether the processes will be economical on a
commercial scale, but DOE hopes to have economically viable prototype systems in
place that produce 90 to 99% purity rare earths by 2020.

Seeking value in coal ash

“There are different types of coals and different types of ashes as a result,” says
Prakash Joshi, manager of advanced systems technologies at Massachusetts-
based Physical Sciences, a company that develops sensors and other technologies for
defense and commercial applications. “Certain types of coal have fairly high
concentrations of rare earths, on the order of hundreds of ppm,” he notes. But some
coal deposits around the world can have rare-earth concentrations that reach the low
thousands of parts per million, he says.

The U.S. Department of Energy is seeking a domestic source of rare-earth elements (blue and
red), particularly those it labels as critical to the U.S. economy (red).

Joshi is leading a DOE-funded project at Physical Sciences, in collaboration with

researchers at the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research and
Pennsylvania-based Winner Water Services, a consulting firm that specializes in water
treatment technologies, to develop and demonstrate a pilot-scale plant that produces
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“The good thing about using ash rather than coal itself is that combustion has the effect
of concentrating rare earths in the ash by a factor of six to 10 relative to coal,” Joshi
notes. Before doing any processing, his team collects samples and analyzes ash to
ensure it contains enough rare earths to make recovery of the elements economical.

Then, rather than bringing the coal ash to the plant, Joshi and colleagues will take the
plant to the ash source, whether that is a power plant, landfill, or other coal ash storage
facility. “The plant will be modular,” Joshi says. “The physical processing part can fit on
a flatbed, which can be moved from one location to another.”

Even though coal ash is more concentrated in rare earths than coal itself, the rare
earths it contains are tightly bound in a glassy matrix. Pulling those elements out of the
ash requires a combination of physical and chemical processes. Joshi’s team uses
washing and other physical methods to separate unwanted materials from the ash and
prepare it for further processing. The team then subjects the resulting ash, which is
enriched in rare earths, to several chemical processing steps.
 Credit: DOE/NETL

DOE scientists are developing methods using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to

characterize the rare-earth content in various coal-based materials.

The chemical processing involves a preprocessing step that removes unwanted

contaminants from the ash, rare-earth concentration steps, extraction or recovery steps,
and post-processing steps to further enrich the product in rare earths, Joshi tells C&EN.
In addition to rare earths, the process generates by-products of commercial value that
enhance the process economics, such as ash that has been stripped of most hazardous
substances and is marketable as a cement substitute in concrete, he says.

The pilot plant is expected to process 0.5 to 1.0 metric tons of coal ash per day,
generating at least 50 g of concentrate containing more than 10% rare earths by weight.
Eventually, the researchers hope to increase the plant’s daily production to 500 g of
concentrate containing more than 20% rare earths by weight. Data obtained from the
pilot-scale plant will be used to inform the design of a larger, commercial-scale plant. If
all goes as planned, that information should be available by the end of 2020, Joshi says.

New life for rock refuse

 Credit: Jim Hower

Researchers are trying to recover rare-earth elements from coal ash generated by power plants,
such as that shown here.

When coal is mined, it typically contains a lot of unwanted rock material. That rock
provides no heating value, so it is often removed by a coal-processing plant. Another
research team, led by Rick Honaker, a professor of mining engineering at the University
of Kentucky, is trying to extract rare earths from that refuse rock.

Combustion has the effect of concentrating rare earths in the ash by a factor of six
to 10 relative to coal.

Prakash Joshi, manager of advanced systems technologies, Physical Sciences

The team is building a mobile pilot-scale plant mounted on a trailer to carry out the
extraction process. The plant is expected to process 0.25 metric tons per hour. When
C&EN contacted Honaker, he was installing the plant at a coal-mining site in western
Kentucky. He and his colleagues plan to demonstrate the plant at another location in
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In contrast to coal ash, which starts out as a finely ground material with a particle size of
about 100 µm, refuse from coal preparation plants is rocklike material that must be
ground and crushed before it can be chemically processed. Once the particles are
ground from about 50 to 75 mm in diameter to about 250 µm, the researchers send
them through a flotation column to remove any excess coal. They can then sell that coal
product.

The team processes the remaining particles, called tailings, through a column that
removes calcium, a step that reduces reagent use later in the process. After removing
the calcium minerals, the researchers isolate water from the tailings. They then subject
the material to acid leaching and solvent extraction to recover the rare earths. So far,
the team has been able to generate a final product containing about 80% total rare
earths. After roasting that material, the concentration increases to about 98% or more
rare-earth oxide, or 980,000 ppm, Honaker says.
 Credit: David Vinson/C&EN

Acidic water from coal mines is treated in plants such as this one managed by the state of West
Virginia that neutralizes the water with a lime slurry.
 Credit: David Vinson/C&EN

The sludge generated by treating acid mine drainage is dried in large bags, such as the
TenCate Geotubes shown here.
 Credit: David Vinson/C&EN

Researchers at West Virginia University are optimizing the solvent extraction setup shown here
to extract rare-earth elements from acid mine drainage treatment sludge.

Exploiting acid mine drainage

Honaker and colleagues are also trying to extract rare earths from acidic water, called
acid mine drainage, which flows from coal mines containing high levels of pyrite, or iron
sulfide. When pyrite is exposed to oxygen, it reacts to form sulfuric acid and ferrous
(Fe2+) iron. When the mine drainage reaches a pH of 3 to 3.5, the ferrous iron reacts
with oxygen and hydroxides to form ferric (Fe3+) hydroxides, which precipitate as orange
solids. Those orange iron hydroxides are responsible for the discoloration seen in many
streams and rivers polluted with acid mine drainage from coal mines that were
abandoned before regulations were put in place in the 1970s. Acid mine drainage also
typically contains high levels of aluminum and manganese.

Active coal mines are required to treat acid mine drainage before the water can be
discharged into streams and rivers. They must remove iron, aluminum, and manganese
and bring the pH up to 6 to 9. Many states are also treating acid mine drainage from
coal mines that are no longer in business. If left untreated, acid mine drainage
contaminates drinking water, harms aquatic organisms, and corrodes infrastructure
such as bridges.
Treating acid mine drainage involves neutralizing water flowing out of coal mines with
lime or another alkaline agent. The process creates tons of sludge containing iron,
aluminum, and manganese hydroxides. The sludge is typically dried in large, open-air
ponds or in dewatering containers and then disposed of, often underground. Sludge
disposal costs contribute to about half the cost of treating acid mine drainage.

Honaker and colleagues are using the same pilot plant used for rock refuse to extract
rare earths from acid mine drainage and the sludge that treating it leaves behind.
Another group, led by Paul Ziemkiewicz, director of the West Virginia Water Research
Institute at West Virginia University, is also optimizing a process to extract valuable rare
earths from acid mine drainage sludge.

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When DOE requested proposals for recovering rare-earth elements from coal products
in 2015, Ziemkiewicz recalled a 1990s data set generated by a friend of his at the U.S.
Geological Survey. The data showed that rare-earth elements are present in acid mine
drainage but not in the water that is discharged from the treatment plant. He suspected
that the rare earths must precipitate into the sludge during the treatment process.

He was right. After testing a few samples, the WVU team discovered that the sludge
contains, on average, 2,600 times as much rare earths as the raw acid mine drainage.
So far, the researchers have been able to produce an enriched solid that contains more
than 90%, or 900,000 ppm, total rare earths using the sludge as their starting material.

The process includes an acid leaching step in which the sludge is digested in a large
tank of acid, such as sulfuric acid. The acid solution, called the pregnant leach solution,
enters an array of 100 columns called mixer-settlers. The first set of columns contains
an organic phase, such as kerosene, and an extractant, which binds to rare-earth
elements. This forms an emulsion containing rare earths in the organic phase. After
removing unwanted metals from the aqueous phase, the researchers use a strong acid
to get the rare earths back into the aqueous phase at a higher concentration than they
started with. The team then raises the pH, allowing the rare earths to precipitate.
 Credit: Rick Honaker/University of Kentucky

Researchers at the University of Kentucky transport the equipment shown here on trailers to
coal-mining sites to recover rare earths from waste materials on-site.
 Credit: DOE/NETL

U.S. Department of Energy scientists have developed sorbent technology, shown here, that can
extract rare-earth elements from aqueous solutions.
 Credit: Rick Honaker/University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky researchers use this solvent extraction system to recover rare-earth
elements from coal-based products.

There is plenty of acid mine drainage sludge in West Virginia to keep the researchers
busy. “We just completed a survey of the accessible acid mine drainage sources around
the northern and central Appalachian coal basins,” Ziemkiewicz says. “We sampled 76
sites intensively. They contained 1,421 [metric] tons of rare earth elements in a form
that we can run into our process here.” Ziemkiewicz estimates the value of those rare-
earth elements at $337 million.

Although rare earths are much more concentrated in acid mine drainage sludge than in
the acid mine drainage, it may be more economical to extract the rare earths from the
acid water than the sludge. That is because the sludge contains high amounts of iron,
aluminum, and manganese that must be removed. So Ziemkiewicz and colleagues are
also planning to try various ways of preferentially precipitating out the rare earths
directly from acid mine drainage sources before the water is treated.

“Mine acid water is naturally doing something that we are spending money to do on the
refuse material,” Honaker says. It naturally leaches the refuse, “and the water ends up
with a decent amount of rare-earth minerals.”

Young coal looks promising

Although most researchers are investigating coal waste material as a source of rare
earths, some groups are also working to extract the elements from coal itself. Dan
Laudal manages one such project focused on recovering rare earths from lignite at the
University of North Dakota’s Institute for Energy Studies.

Lignite, which is found in North Dakota and Texas, is the youngest type of coal. Young
coal contains a lot of organic acids called humic acids, which chelate metals and rare
earths. But over time, the humic acid concentrations in coal drop, and the rare earths
get incorporated into aluminosilicate clays. Once the rare earths are associated with the
clays instead of humic acid, they are harder to extract.

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“The reason we are using the lignite, the coal itself, is because the rare earths are tied
up in such a way that they are easy to get out,” Laudal says. “We can use a mild
solvent, and the rare earths will be released from the coal and go into the solvent
phase,” he notes.
The researchers have found some lignite samples in North Dakota with concentrations
of rare earths greater than 1,000 ppm, although most lignite typically contains rare
earths in the range of hundreds of parts per million. Laudal and colleagues have
demonstrated they can generate a product with 60 to 90% (600,000 to 900,000 ppm)
rare earths from lignite. They are now scaling up their solvent extraction process to a
small pilot-scale system. The plant is expected to process lignite at a rate of 10 to 20 kg
per hour.

“Technically, things are looking really great,” Laudal says. But the researchers still have
to demonstrate that the scaled-up process is economical. One of the added benefits of
using lignite as the feedstock is that the process produces cleaner-burning, more-
efficient lignite as a by-product, which can then be sold for fuel, Laudal notes.

Revealing the richest rare-earth sources

Laudal is also a coinvestigator on another DOE-funded project to analyze the rare-earth

content in coal from western regions, including lignites from North Dakota and Texas
and subbituminous coal from Montana and Wyoming. His team is partnering with
researchers at the University of Kentucky, who are characterizing rare earths in coal in
the Appalachian and Illinois Basin regions.
 Credit: Dan Laudal/University of North Dakota

Researchers at the University of North Dakota are developing a bench-scale solvent extraction
facility, shown here, to recover rare-earth elements from lignite, the youngest form of coal.

Three to four types of coal samples will be analyzed by eight to 10 commercial

laboratories so the results can be compared to understand the reproducibility of the
analytical methods, Laudal says.

For the most part, rare earths are analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass
spectrometry. The analysis is a “bit of a challenge because it is operator intensive,”
Laudal says. The analysis involves acid digestion and other steps to bring the rare
earths into solution. “It can take a few days if not more to get samples turned around,”
Laudal notes.

DOE is funding several efforts to develop more-streamlined methods for detecting rare-
earth elements, Alvin says. Many DOE scientists at NETL are also working in this area,
as are researchers at several DOE national laboratories, she notes.

At NETL, for example, researchers have developed a fiber-optic sensor to detect rare
earths in liquid samples. The sensor can be used on-site to characterize rare earths in
liquid sources such as acid mine drainage, Alvin says. At Los Alamos National
Laboratory, researchers are investigating whether the separation technology used to
extract actinides from uranium can be transferred to extract and recover lanthanide
products from coal, Alvin says. At Idaho National Laboratory, scientists are developing
biosensors to detect rare earths in fluids, she adds.

The reason we are using the lignite, the coal itself, is because the rare earths are
tied up in such a way that they are easy to get out.

Dan Laudal, manager of major products, University of North Dakota, Institute for Energy
Studies

DOE scientists at NETL are also spearheading an effort to detect rare earths using a
technique called laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The method is
amenable to solids, liquids, and gases, says Tom Tarka, who oversees the in-house
DOE work on recovering rare earths from coal products at NETL. The sensitivity of the
LIBS technique is on the order of hundreds of parts per million, but the team is trying to
optimize the method to detect lower concentrations of rare earths, Tarka notes. They
are also developing a field-portable LIBS instrument, he says.

Another group of DOE scientists at NETL is using advanced microscopy to better

understand where rare earths occur in coal—whether they are associated with the
inorganic or organic components, Tarka says. In addition, NETL researchers are
developing methods for predicting where rare earths will occur using geologic history,
he notes. “We know that a lot of rare-earth elements are the result of volcanic
deposition,” Tarka tells C&EN. By investigating where volcanoes erupted and where
they deposited the rare earths, researchers can predict locations that likely have high
concentrations of rare-earth elements, he explains. The DOE scientists are using the
information to develop an assessment method “similar to what would have been
developed for gold mining or uranium mining,” Tarka says.

Working on projects such as understanding the geology of where rare-earth elements

turn up and the development of extraction methods, researchers have demonstrated
that they can recover high percentages of rare earths to produce high-purity, salable
products from a variety of coal-related sources. The question now becomes, Are the
processes economical? “You can do the economic analysis up front, which we are on all
of our projects,” Alvin notes. “But once we scale up the prototype system, that is where
the true economics come into play.” There is also the question of how much can be
produced. Will it be enough to meet demand? By 2020, DOE officials hope to have the
answers to those questions.

CORRECTION: The video embedded in this story was updated on July 11, 2018, to correct the
chemical symbol for manganese hydroxide. It is Mn(OH)2, not Mg2(OH)3.

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to get the True Lens. It will help you take high-quality pictures with your phone.
And the zoom is amazing!
It’s perfect when traveling or taking pictures in nature. You can also use it as a
monocular when going to the games to see the action from up-close. It’s very
convenient because you can easily fit it into your pocket. And it works with any
phone. Have fun taking pictures of impressively far away things.

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10. Super Boost WiFi - Stay Connected In Any
Corner Of Your Home

Imagine getting home after an 8-hour shift and you’ve been looking forward to
your favorite time of the day. Post-work bathroom break in the comforts of your
home. Just you, your phone, and the internet. Nothing is more annoying when
you’re finally comfortable on your porcelain throne and the WiFi doesn’t quite
reach your upstairs bathroom. First world problems? Maybe. With the Wi-Fi
booster, you can make sure your home is covered from corner to corner. Don’t
let this simple problem get in the way if your ‘Me-time’. You’ll thank me later.
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11. Energix Charger - Fix Your Phone's Battery
Life

If you’re like me and don’t upgrade your phone every year, this charger has
been my saving grace. Before I would charge my phone the entire night only for
it to drain back to 0% after a few hours. Without getting the latest ($1100)
iPhone; I purchased this thin adapter that turned my phone into a wireless
charging device. It feels like I got a new phone with the way that I’m watching
Netflix on the train now! Try this first before committing to a new phone.
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 12. Peeps Carbon Technology - Crystal Clear
Glasses

Peeps™ revolutionary and patented invisible carbon formula safely and easily
cleans your glasses, leaving your lenses as clean as the day you got them.

 Scratch-resistant brush removes dust & abrasive particles

 Soft carbon microfiber pads eliminate oil and fingerprints instead of
smearing like cloths and sprays
 Used by the U.S. Military and used in space by NASA
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13. Photo Stick Desktop - Instantly Backup
Your Photos & Videos

The Photo Stick is a small thumb drive that is compatible with your computer.
It’s the perfect device for storing all of your photos and videos. It’s also super-fast
to upload them and you won’t spend precious hours of your weekend playing
with the cloud. You can upload everything with the touch of just one button.
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14. Triple Bristle Toothbrush - Dentist Creates
a New 3-Headed Toothbrush That Makes Old
Toothbrushes Obsolete!

Standard single-headed toothbrushes miss and leave behind hidden bacteria!

This leads to yellow teeth, cavities and worse… COSTLY dental visits. But Triple
Bristle's patented 3-head design and uniquely angled bristles easily sweep away
hidden bacteria - leaving your mouth cleaner & breath fresher than ever before!

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15. XY Find It - Track & Find Anything

Let’s face it, as we get older, we seem to misplace things more often. However
when you attach this coin-size tracking device to an item, you have a great
chance of getting it back. The XY Find It app displays how far you are from your
keys or purse you dropped, and it will sound the alarm to help you pinpoint its
exact location. The accompanying app enlists the network of 20 Million XY Find It
users to locate your lost bag, bike or dog. You can also track your lost wallet (or
whatever) yourself.

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16. Bondic - The DIY Liquid Plastic Welder

What is Bondic? It’s a revolutionary non-toxic, clear liquid plastic that is used to
glue, bond, and fix almost anything. Each kit comes with a combination device –
a “liquid plastic welder” – an easy to hold, a pen-sized tube of specially-designed
clear liquid, a shaping tool, and a UV light. Just apply the clear formula like a
normal adhesive. Then shine the UV light on the area for 4 seconds, and you're
done. You now have a waterproof, weatherproof, rock-solid bond.

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17. ScreenKlean - Keep Your Screens
Fingerprint Free

You carry your phone everywhere, even when you're in the outdoors or eating,
so it's bound to get dirty. However, it's near-impossible to find a really effective
way to clean it, as traditional cloths and sprays just smear and could even
ultimately damage your screen. Keeping that in mind, the people behind
ScreenKlean developed a "smart" carbon molecule, which attracts and lifts away
any trace of grime.

It's ridiculously easy to keep your phone, tablet or even TV in full HD, without
worrying about dirty bumps. Plus, these eco-friendly and 100% natural carbon
pads fight bacteria buildup, for an all-around healthier screen for you. Don't suffer
from smudgy, fingerprint filled screens ever again! We just had to try this out for
ourselves, click here to read our detailed review of the ScreenKlean.

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18. AccuPoint - Relieve Pain and Aches In
Back, Arms and Legs

This nifty device is a much-preferred alternative to dangerous painkillers and

mildly effective heat pads. Any pains and aches that you may feel in your arms,
legs, or back, just apply this pad and turn it on. The AccuPoint Technology will
locally block the pain signal and encourage the release of endorphins. Quick and
easy therapy at home, whenever you want it! You'll be amazed when you turn it
on for the first time.

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19. Glow Bowl - Transform Your Toilet

Introducing GlowBowl Fresh, the coolest NEW way to safely navigate the
bathroom at night and stop those messy toilet misses forever!
Lights Up Automatically – Advanced motion detection only turns on in darkness,
saving battery while keeping you safe!

Keeps Your Bathroom Smelling Great – Replaceable air freshener provides

months of odor protection!

Always See Where You Pee – Auto-rotates colors every 4 seconds or lock it to
your favorite color!

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20. FixD - Plug It In And Diagnose Your Own
Car

Have you ever gone to an auto repair shop for a quick oil change, only to have
the mechanic say you need a new transmission? Skip the scammers and shady
sales tactics and arm yourself with your own personal “check engine doctor.” The
FIRST easy-to-use health maintenance monitor that gives you real-time updates
on your phone! This new device will instantly diagnose your car’s problems for
you and translate them into simple, easy-to-understand terms - and much more!
Learn More >>

21. ScanGuard – Free Antivirus Protection

Before you do anything else we HIGHLY recommend you Download

Scanguard, it's still FREE for a limited time to our users and will protect your
computer, phone, tablet and other and devices against all threats.
An elite team of renowned developers have built a security tool that they believe
will be the last piece of software consumers will ever need.

ScanGuard uses an advanced algorithm to instantly increase the security while

also helping to speed up your system. First, it identifies any hidden threats or
online tracking cookies. Then it locates redundant files and cached memory, the
files that can make your devices run slow.

ScanGuard can be used as an alternative to your current Antivirus, or an

additional layer of security that they believe is more advanced than any Antivirus
product out there. Anyone can use it, and it only takes a few seconds to setup.

For a limited time, everyone is eligible for a free security scan. Scanguard
is currently offering the free scan and we advise users to claim it while it is
still available.
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