Brimstone announced on Wednesday that the company had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Century Aluminum Company to establish a domestic “mine to metal” supply chain for primary aluminum production in the US. Economics
Brimstone, a US-based innovator in alumina, said in a release that under the agreement the company will supply producer Century with significant volumes of alumina from its forthcoming plant.
Brimstone expects the agreement to add momentum to its industrial-scale plant, which is anticipated to be completed by 2034 with an expected annual production capacity of about 350,000 metric tons of smelter-grade alumina.
The company is currently developing its commercial demonstration plant in Reno, Nevada, which is anticipated to be operational in 2028, it added.
Brimstone said its process avoids the need for bauxite since “no economically mineable deposits exist in the US” for primary aluminum production, instead opting for a common, calcium-bearing silicate feedstock, a rock widely available in the US.
(By Ishaan Arora; Editing by Mark Porter)
