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Boston Metal’s nearer-term case shifts from green steel to critical metals
Key Takeaways
- Boston Metal’s current public case is stronger for critical-metals recovery than for bulk green steel.
- The company’s molten oxide electrolysis process still matters, but steel remains a much harder commercial market to prove.
- Selected slag processing for niobium, tantalum, and tin appears more plausible near term because specialty metals support higher costs.
- The main test now is industrial performance: recovery, purity, energy intensity, uptime, and customer qualification.
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DT Editorial Team··via cleantechnica.com
