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  • Stacks of aluminum ingots bundled and wrapped for shipment.

    Project Pivot wins $3.8M for auto alloys

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Nov 4, 2024

    Consortium secures UK funding to create low-carbon alloys using recycled aluminum strengthened by scandium. In a significant move toward sustainable automotive manufacturing, an industry consortium including Aston Martin, Boeing UK, and NioCorp Developments Ltd. has secured approximately $3.8 million in UK funding to develop lightweight aluminum alloys and cast components using recycled aluminum strengthened by scandium. This collaborative initiative, dubbed Project Pivot...

  • Rio Tinto Amaero titanium scandium alloy dioxide Canada 3D printing laser

    Rio Tinto sells first Canadian scandium

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Rio Tinto has made the first sale of aluminum-scandium alloy from its plant in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, offering a North American supply of scandium, a metal deemed critical to the United States and Canada. This first batch of aluminum-scandium alloy from Rio Tinto's Quebec operations will be delivered to Amaero, an Australian-based company known for manufacturing large-format complex components in metal with laser-based metal 3D printing. This alloy is to be made from the...