Alcoa Wagerup gallium project
Wagerup gallium recovery project: input
Material · Host stream
Bayer Process Liquor (Gallium-Bearing)
Sodium-aluminate liquor circulating in alumina refineries, the host process stream from which primary low-purity gallium is extracted as a byproduct of bauxite processing.
Elements
Facility flows
Atlantic Alumina Gramercy gallium pilot
Continuous gallium recovery pilot: input
ElementUS Gramercy demonstration facility
Bauxite-residue gallium recovery demonstration: input
Found Energy Charleston gallium pilot
Direct Bayer Extraction pilot: input
METLEN Agios Nikolaos gallium project
Agios Nikolaos gallium production facility: input
Rio Tinto Vaudreuil gallium demonstration
Vaudreuil Bayer-liquor gallium demonstration: input
Sources
- U.S. Geological Survey · published Feb 1, 2026 · retrieved Aug 15, 2026 · archive unavailable: Wayback capture queued at record creation 2026-08-15; archive verification deferred to a weekly pass