ChemX Materials announced that Primero has been appointed to undertake the pre-feasibility study on the HiPurATM High Purity Alumina (HPA) pilot plant. Primero, a subsidiary of NRW Holdings Ltd, is a mineral processing specialist with an outstanding record of delivering novel and unique projects. The HiPurATM flowsheet design has been completed following SysCad modelling, which was managed by Primero.

The key outcomes from the pre-feasibility will be the equipment sizing, engineering design, capital and operating costs. The outstanding growth in the lithium battery market, driven by the rapid uptake in electric vehicles, has seen the demand for HPA continue to rise dramatically. The design and construction of the pilot plant will be a major step in ChemX starting to supply its HPA into the battery materials market.