R io Tinto (NYSE:RIO) said Friday it is assessing the potential for extracting and processing gallium, and plans to build a demonstration plant in Quebec that can produce as much as 3.5M tons/year ...

and plans to build a demonstration plant that can produce up to 3.5 metric tons of gallium per year. The product would come from bauxite processed at its alumina refinery in Saguenay–Lac-Saint ...

RIO expects this demonstration plant to produce up to 3.5 tons of gallium per year. RIO estimates a commercial-scale operation to be able to extract up to 40 tons of gallium per year, representing ...

The potential gallium extraction process could significantly impact the global supply of this critical mineral. If successful, Rio Tinto plans to establish a demonstration plant capable of ...

Eventually, the extraction potential of a commercial-scale plant could reach 40 tonnes annually, representing between 5 and 10% of current world gallium production. Primary gallium is used in key ...

The plant will initially rely on outsourced chip fabrication until Polymatech’s foundry in Grenoble, France, becomes ...

Rio Tinto Group is looking at ways to produce gallium in Canada after China moved to ban US-bound exports of the rare metal used to make semiconductors, smart phones and electric vehicles.

RIO expects this demonstration plant to produce up to 3.5 tons of gallium per year. RIO estimates a commercial-scale operation to be able to extract up to 40 tons of gallium per year, representing ...