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Found Energy Charleston gallium pilot

DOE selected Found Energy to demonstrate its continuous Direct Bayer Extraction process for recovering gallium directly from dilute Bayer liquor.

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Location: Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States

Byproduct recovery

Direct Bayer Extraction pilot

Announced

Continuous electrochemical Direct Bayer Extraction

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