Ms. Sana Azhar completed his MS Research

Ms. Sana Azhar has successfully defended her MS Thesis titled “Beneficiation and Geochemical evaluation of coal and associated Rare Earth Elements, in Cherat area, District Nowshera, Pakistan”. Her supervisor was Dr. Liaqat Ali and External Examiner was Dr. Asad Khan from FATA University Dara Adam Khel F.R Kohat.
The research topic has both academic and applied significance in terms of Economic benefits by extracting the REE's as well as enhancing the environmental quality by upgrading the low-quality coal using certain techniques. The current study's laboratory-scale coal upgrading results are overall positive and recommended to be implemented on commercial level in order to address the country's energy crisis and find uses in variety of industries, particularly in Cherat KPK.