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Australian Mines strikes scandium research partnership with Metalysis

Australian Mines Ltd. said June 11 that it is teaming up with U.K. tech firm Metalysis to develop the next generation aluminum-scandium alloy, as part of its efforts to maximize revenue and shareholder value from its Sconi project in Queensland, Australia.

The company plans to commercialize high-purity scandium oxide expected to be produced alongside the project's cobalt and nickel sulfate output.

Metalysis' ongoing research and development program revolves around a solid-state process and aims to produce a superior type of alloy at a low cost that could be used in the automotive and aerospace industries.

The process, invented by the University of Cambridge before being commercialized by Metalysis, has already shown the ability to produce a master alloy containing 15 times the amount of scandium as traditional industry processes.

Australian Mines said Metalysis' process could allow it to substantially reduce the amount of scandium master alloy required to produce the final aluminum-scandium metal for end-users.

The company is using its demonstration plant in Perth to deliver the high-purity scandium oxide to Metalysis.