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European Start-Up Unveils Game-Changing Aluminium Technology in Miami

12/10/2025

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A European start-up unveiled a technology in Miami that converts low-grade bauxite into aluminium feedstock.
The technology aims to rejuvenate mines and recover minerals for semiconductors and electric vehicles (EVs).
Concerns over supply chain vulnerabilities accompanied the announcement.
In China, a silica-removal complex became operational 10 months after construction began.
The project, a collaboration between IB2 and Shanxi Senze Energy Technology Group, represents the first large-scale use of silica-removal technology.

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Story summary

A European start-up unveiled a technology in Miami that converts low-grade bauxite into aluminium feedstock.
The technology aims to rejuvenate mines and recover minerals for semiconductors and electric vehicles (EVs).
Concerns over supply chain vulnerabilities accompanied the announcement.
In China, a silica-removal complex became operational 10 months after construction began.
The project, a collaboration between IB2 and Shanxi Senze Energy Technology Group, represents the first large-scale use of silica-removal technology.