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Rio Tinto awards Missouri S&T $875,000 to research recovering gallium and germanium from copper refining waste

What happened

Rio Tinto has awarded Missouri S&T $875,000 for a two-year research project focused on recovering gallium and germanium from copper refining waste streams. This initiative aims to develop new techniques to extract these critical minerals from existing industrial by-products. Neutral: This is a long-term R&D project with no immediate impact on supply, pricing, or trading dynamics for gallium and germanium.

Impact and signal

Low impactImpact score: 8/100

Affected components and suppliers

GalliumGermanium

Rio Tinto

critical-mineralsrecyclingR&D

Source and time

Source: Semiconductor Today · 4/24/2024 · View original source

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Rio Tinto awards Missouri S&T $875,000 to research recovering gallium and germanium from copper refining waste

What happened

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Affected components and suppliers

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