Facility

Atlantic Alumina Gramercy gallium pilot

DOE selected Atlantic Alumina to test counter-current ion exchange and electrochemistry for continuous gallium recovery at higher temperatures.

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Location: Gramercy, Louisiana, United States

Byproduct recovery

Continuous gallium recovery pilot

Announced

Counter-current ion exchange and electrochemical recovery from alumina-process liquor

Bayer Process Liquor (Gallium-Bearing) → Crude (Low-Purity) Gallium

No capacity claim. Absence of a figure means no source publishes one.

No qualification claim. Status does not imply qualified output.

U.S. Department of Energy · published Apr 14, 2026 · retrieved Aug 18, 2026 · archive