Aclara Resources Expands Project Dynamo Rare Earth Separation Capabilities
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What happened
Aclara Resources Inc. announced the expansion of Project Dynamo, its rare earth separation facility in Louisiana. The company is adding separation capabilities for Yttrium, Gadolinium, and Samarium to its existing production plans of neodymium-praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium. The first stage of this expansion involves installing additional solvent extraction circuits at the demonstration plant located at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center in Blacksburg, Virginia. This demonstration plant expansion includes doubling its physical footprint and planning to approximately double the number of technical personnel.
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Why it matters
The new circuits are designed to demonstrate the separation of Yttrium, Gadolinium, and Samarium using feedstock representative of Super-Pure Rare Earth Carbonate. This feedstock is expected to be produced from ionic clay deposits in Chile and Brazil. The equipment for the new Y separation circuit has arrived at the Virginia Tech facility and is expected to be installed and commissioned in the coming weeks.
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Who's involved
- ChileSource of feedstock for rare earth projects
- Virginia TechHosts the demonstration plant for the rare earth separation project
- LouisianaLocation of the main rare earth separation facility
- BlacksburgTown where the demonstration plant is located