Metlen to Build First EU Gallium Project to Replace China Supply
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Greece’s Metlen Energy & Metals SA will invest about €296 million ($304 million) in the European Union’s first gallium production line, as China’s ban on exports of the critical mineral to the US encourages Western nations to seek their own supplies.
The project will be integrated with bauxite mining and processing into alumina at Metlen’s complex in central Greece, the company said in a statement Thursday, after reaching a final investment decision.