ElementUS Minerals, LLC, whose process will extract and refine strategic minerals, including pig iron, alumina and rare earth elements from bauxite residue with zero mining impact, has entered into an exclusive agreement with the partners of Lalumina to process bauxite residue from the Lalumina refinery in Burnside, Louisiana.
ElementUS’s process, which will serve the dual purpose of extracting strategic minerals without the scars of mining activities while simultaneously cleaning up the environment by eliminating bauxite residue, is intended to be adapted and applied to many other alumina refining facilities around the world. This agreement marks the next step in the growth of ElementUS and a critical step for Lalumina in the environmental remediation of the residual bauxite at its currently idled refinery, which could be restarted in the future.
ElementUS currently owns the rights to all the bauxite residue produced at the Atlantic Alumina refinery in Gramercy, Louisiana. More than 30 million dry tonnes of bauxite residue are already stored there, with roughly another million tonnes produced annually. ElementUS’ agreement with Lalumina will add up to 15 million tonnes of additional captive feedstock supply.
Published in the October 2022 Edition
