This post was originally published on this site.IperionX (NASDAQ: IPX, ASX: IPX) announced the successful operational validation of its continuous titanium production furnace, with the system achieving a sixfold increase in throughput volume and a 75% reduction in energy intensity compared to previous batch processes.   The company said its hydrogen magnesiothermic reduction (HAMR) titanium production platfor, ‘GenX’, has been successfully validated through the first four production campaigns, completed on the commercial-scale system at its Virginia R&D facility.  GenX validation, the company said, opens a pathway to a step change in titanium production economics. Moving beyond the batch model used in conventional Kroll titanium production, continuous processing has the potential for higher throughput, significantly lower unit costs,...

This post was originally published on this site.Canada risks leaving more value from its critical minerals abroad unless it builds more processing capacity at home, the government’s trade boosting agency says. A sustained shift into more sophisticated exports could add as much as C$98 billion ($70 billion) a year to the country’s economy by 2035, Export Development Canada (EDC) said on Thursday. “By exporting raw commodities rather than more complex, processed products, companies leave significant profits on the table,” Alison Nankivell, president and CEO of the Crown corporation, said in a new report. “The ability to sell more complex products...