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Unlocking U.S. Metal Independence

Duranium’s novel reactor technology slashes emissions, reduces costs, and secures critical U.S. minerals from foreign dependence.

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What is Duranium?

Duranium unlocks the full potential of proven carbochlorination methods for Titanium, Magnesium, Aluminum, Zirconium, and Hafnium via co-production

How it works?

We’ve modernized carbochlorination metallurgy with a reactor that recycles its byproducts into feedstock (CO) and creates a highly valuable coproduct (hypochlorite). This loop achieves best in class profitability at Chinese-level pricing without subsidies

Critical Supply Chain Vulnerability

Concentrated foreign supply for critical metals exposes U.S. 
national security and industry

  • These three leaders control 97% of global magnesium, and 96% of global titanium sponge (directly or indirectly)
  • Their latest military parade showcased more titanium and magnesium than all of NATO can produce at current rates in a century
  • The U.S. has zero domestic magnesium production and no meaningful titanium sponge production — yet both are indispensable for fighter jets, missiles, satellites, rockets, and advanced aerospace systems

Uncompetitive Pricing

Legacy process flows don’t capture byproduct value; 
energy and feedstock volatility drive margins down.

  • U.S. magnesium costs $7,700/ton vs. $2,900/ton globally, driven by tariffs and Chinese subsidies.
  • Alternative production methods are in development but will never be able to compete with Chinese prices

Emissions Burden

  • Conventional routes externalize CO/Cl streams rather than recirculating them as inputs.
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Dive Deeper

What is carbochlorination and 
why is unlocking its full potential so important?

Carbochlorination converts stable metal oxides into chlorides using chlorine and carbon at high temperatures (MOx + C + Cl₂ → MClᵧ + CO₂). These chlorides are far easier to reduce into pure metals.

It is the core method for producing titanium, hafnium, and zirconium, and was once the dominant route for magnesium before being displaced by China’s labor-intensive Pidgeon process.

The challenge: conventional carbochlorination is CO₂ - intensive and relies on costly carbon feedstocks - unlocking a cleaner, cheaper pathway would transform critical metal production.

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The Duranium process can work with any source of CO₂, though the greatest opportunity 
lies when the CO produced can be recycled directly back into the process that created the CO₂.

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Key Advantages of the Duranium Process

Parity of critical metals with China on cost, reduced emissions, new U.S. jobs, and secure supply chains

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No direct emissions

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Independence from subsidies 
because of co-production

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Broad Applicability: Titanium, Magnesium, Zirconium, Hafnium