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The REMADE Institute

Project: REMADE Announces New Technology License For Aluminum Industry

The REMADE Institute, a 170-member public-private partnership established and funded in part by the United States Department of Energy (DOE), today announced a new technology license involving technology developed with REMADE support. The license involves a technological innovation capable of removing metallic impurities from recycled aluminum melts, thereby improving the quality of the aluminum and allowing it to be used for more diverse applications, including electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing.

The innovation is part of a research and development project first funded by REMADE in 2020. The R&D project, "Selective Recovery of Elements from Molten Aluminum Alloys," is still in progress and is led by Subodh Das, Ph.D., CEO of Phinix, LLC. REMADE's tech team oversees the project, ensuring it meets the Institute's and DOE's technological milestones.

More details:
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/remade-announces-new-technology-license-for-aluminum-industry-301903711.html

DLA Strategic Materials – National Defence Stockpile
Project Title: Magnesium Production from Domestic Scrap
Team Members: Phinix, LLC and partners

Our goal is to commercialize a process to produce 40,000 tons per year of magnesium (Mg) from abundantly available Mg-bearing domestic aluminum scrap to replace Mg imported from China and to consequently reduce a threat to domestic security, which is greatly aggravated in the current COVID-19 pandemic environment.

The REMADE Institute
Project Title: Selective Recovery of Elements from Molten Aluminum Alloys
Team Members: Phinix, LLC, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Kingston Process Metallurgy, Smelter Service Corporation, Certified Flux Solutions, LLC

This project seeks to develop, validate, and commercialize several processes to selectively remove iron, copper, silicon, manganese, and zinc from molten–scrap-based secondary aluminum melts to improve the recyclability of scrap aluminum.

The REMADE Institute
Project Title: Low-Concentration Metal Recovery from Complex Streams Using Gas-Assisted Microflow Solvent Extraction (GAME)
Team Members: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Phinix, LLC

The objective of this project is to develop GAME for efficient and cost-effective extraction and purification of low-concentration, high-value metals from complex streams. The successful development of this technology will contribute to the production of high-purity precious metals from end-of-life PCBs of various sources. GAME uses three phases (aqueous, organic, and gas) to achieve an efficient separation in a confined microchannel.

U.S. Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE)
Project Title: Low-Concentration Precious Metal Recovery from Complex Streams Using Gas-Assisted Microflow Solvent Extraction
Team Members: Phinix, LLC, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, NICHE Industrial Chemicals 

The primary objective of this project is to produce light, medium, and heavy rare earth products with a purity of >95% rare earth oxides from both artificial solutions and real solutions obtained from bauxite residue.

U.S. Department of Energy: Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
Project Title: Physical, Chemical, and Mineralogical Characterizations of MSWI Ash Product and Recommendations for Downstream Processing
Team Members: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Phinix, LLC, and Covanta

The primary objective of this project is to systematically characterize Municipal Solid Waste Incineration (MSWI) ash, and based on characterization findings, to design downstream processing flowsheets.