MTM Critical Minerals (ASX:MTM) has announced it yielded gallium from semiconductor (read: microchip) e-waste using its Flash Joule Heating (FJH) technology. The company reported on Tuesday that “lab-scale” gallium of high purity was recovered from scrap using the JFH chlorination process. On the back of that success, MTM now says it’s gearing towards a commercial-scale plant. The lab-scale success MTM is hopeful it can replicate with “prototype testing in the FJH reactor” in Houston, Texas, which would precede commercial-scale activities. That FJH chlorination involves rapidly heating materia…
