US aluminium producer Alcoa has partnered with Brisbane-based Alumtek Minerals, the developer of a process to extract critical minerals including gallium, vanadium, hafnium and rare earths from mining waste.

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Alumtek Minerals is pleased to have been awarded a CRC-P grant from the Australian Government. This Project will further develop and commercialise existing proprietary processing technology (developed by Alumtek Minerals over the last three years) to extract critical minerals and rare earths from bauxite residue. This industry-led project, a partnership between Alumtek Minerals, Alcoa and Chemistry Centre WA, will deliver a comprehensive test work program, building on previous positive proof-of-concept results, which will produce initial quantities of various critical minerals and rare earth elements.

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