Critical Minerals Downstream Processing
APL specializes in the essential midstream and downstream refining of critical minerals, focusing on taking purified materials and converting them into application-ready, high-performance precursors.
- Precision Halide Synthesis: We use proprietary, moisture-free processing techniques to convert refined metal precursors into specialized metal halides. This is vital for applications where water and oxygen contamination must be eliminated to ensure component performance.
- Metallurgical Precursors: We manufacture ultra-high-purity metals, metal alloys and chemical intermediates necessary for advanced manufacturing.
- Purity for Performance: Our processes routinely achieve purities of 5N (99.999%), providing the stable, defect-free inputs required for the next generation of semiconductors, batteries, and critical components.
- Supply Chain Security: Our domestic processing capabilities, including the ability to recycle some materials, strengthen the secure, circular supply chain for U.S. critical minerals.
Government Partnerships: APL actively collaborates with Universities and federal agencies in the USA on funded research projects to develop secure domestic production capacity for critical materials.