IperionX Achieves Major Milestone With First Successful Titanium Furnace Production Run
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IperionX HAMR first furnace production cycle (Photo: Business Wire)
This first titanium de-oxygenation production run represents a key technological milestone for
Produced entirely from 100% scrap titanium (Ti-6Al-4V alloy, Grade 5 titanium), quality assessments confirmed a large reduction in oxygen levels from 3.42% to below 0.07%, far exceeding the ASTM standard requirement of 0.2% for Grade 5 titanium.
Over the coming months,
“The IperionX team delivered an important technological and commercial milestone for the global titanium industry.
Over the last two years, we have successfully operated our pilot titanium production facility in
Today, we demonstrated that our HAMR technology works at commercial scale. We successfully increased the furnace production capacity by ~60x times and produced high performance titanium that exceeds industry quality standards.
IperionX’s patented technologies underpin long-term competitive advantages over the Kroll titanium production process - with lower energy consumption, lower capex, faster cycle times, higher product yields and the ability to utilize 100% scrap titanium or upgraded titanium minerals as feedstocks.
Our goal is to re-shore the full titanium supply chain to
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Our Titan critical minerals project is the largest JORC-compliant mineral resource of titanium, rare earth and zircon minerals sands in
IperionX’s titanium metal and critical minerals are essential for advanced
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