Supra awarded DLA contract to advance its scandium recovery technology

The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency awarded Supra Elemental Recovery a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research contract to assess the company’s scandium recovery technology. The work will test whether Supra’s separation platform, which uses a 3D-printed sorbent in a hydrometallurgical process, can recover scandium from relevant feedstocks and support future scale-up. Scandium has applications in aerospace and energy technology, and the company is seeking industrial partners to test recovery from real materials. Supra announced the feasibility award on September 30 and is working toward a demonstration of the process at commercial scale.