"Scientists from Rotherham have won a contract from the European Space Agency to develop a process to mine oxygen from moon rock. The firm Metalysis will spend nine-months to develop the technology, which will be used on the moon over the next five years." Read and watch more from ITV
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"A British company has won a contract to extract oxygen from rocks on the moon. Metalysis in Rotherham, which extracts metals from metal oxides trapped within minerals for the electronics, aviation and automotive industries, has been granted a contract worth about £250,000 by the European Space Agency (ESA) to adapt its technique to moon rock." Read more from The Times...
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"A British firm has won a European Space Agency contract to develop the technology to turn moon dust and rocks into oxygen, leaving behind aluminium, iron and other metal powders for lunar construction workers to build with." Read more from The Guardian
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Metalysis, the end to end manufacturer of premium, solid-state metal and alloy powders, has been awarded European Space Agency (ESA) funding, contract number 4000131940, for its project titled, “The Metalysis FFC Process for Extra-Terrestrial Oxygen Production from ISRU,” which forms part of ESA’s Space Resources Strategy and carried out under the General Support Technology Programme of, and funded by, the...
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Metalysis’ partner, Australian Mines (ASX: AUZ), has today provided an update on the companies’ high value aluminium-scandium (“AlSc”) alloy research and development (“R&D”) programme. HIGHLIGHTS Australian Mines’ produced high purity (in excess of 99.9%, or 3N) scandium oxide qualified by international partner, Metalysis, using its process, as a feedstock for next-generation scandium alloy Australian Mines is progressing to Phase II…
HIGHLIGHTS First industrial scale metal alloy powder production facility based on Metalysis’ process, offering a new U.K. source of supply for global end-users; Supports demand-driven delivery of high performance niche and master alloy powders for advanced manufacturing, 3D printing, battery, magnet, aerospace and automotive applications; and Signifies business transition to commercial production after more than a decade of technology development….
Metalysis (or “the Company”), which has a disruptive technology for solid-state metals and novel alloys production, has signed a joint research and development programme (“the R&D Programme”) with an international partner, to co-create a high value aluminium-scandium alloy. The R&D Programme will investigate the use of Metalysis’ electrochemical technology to provide a scandium-rich feedstock addition, supporting master alloy production. Aluminium-scandium…