MIT Spinout Opens Cambridge Plant To Extract Gallium From Waste
MIT spinout Found Industries opens a Cambridge facility to extract gallium from industrial waste, per a new report. The move plants a domestic critical-minerals operation inside the city just as Massachusetts and Washington push to reduce reliance on imported gallium supplies. Separatel…
CAMBRIDGE — Found Industries, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology spinout, has opened an industrial extraction facility in Cambridge aimed at recovering gallium from industrial waste, according to a report picked up by Mjengo Hub. The project lands Cambridge in the middle of a national push to build domestic supply chains for critical minerals.
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"New US Facility Targets Domestic Gallium Extraction From Industrial Waste": Found Industries, described as an MIT spinout, has opened the Cambridge facility to pull gallium, a mineral used in semiconductors and other electronics, out of industrial waste streams, according to Mjengo Hub (read it at https://mjengohub.co.ke/articles/infrastructure/new-us-facility-targets-domestic-gallium-extraction-from-industrial-waste).
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