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  • Semplastics X-MAT National Energy Technology Laboratory Bill Easter X-TILE

    Naughty to nice with a coal-made home

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Instead of brick by brick, X-MAT, the advanced materials division of Semplastics, is looking to build homes lump by lump with coal, and with a recent approval of funding by the Department of Energy to build a test house, this may become a new contemporary material of future homes. Earlier this month, X-MAT received a $625,000 contract from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory to create coal-derived building materials in the construction of a...

  • Semplasitcs Lab scientists create building materials from coal waste

    Turning coal waste into building treasure

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Florida-based Semplastics and its advanced materials division X-MAT dreams of building safer and more durable homes from the waste left behind by coal mining. "'One person's trash is another person's treasure' is a saying our team has taken to heart," said Bill Easter, founder of Semplastics. "We're working to create a circular economy where we take coal waste materials and turn them into something remarkable. We're already seeing great progress with prototypes." Semplastics'...