Locksley & Rice: Revolutionizing Antimony Processing

0:00It's March 30th. Welcome to Sydney News Today, powered by AI, I'm Corey with the story. Loxley Resources is teaming up with Rice University to revolutionize antimony processing right here in the U.S. They've cooked up a super stable antimony graphite material, perfect for batteries and defense tech, all under their mind to market push for pure. Antimony. This partnership kicked off six months ago with Professor Policle Ajayan leading the charge on a slick, deep eutectic solvent process. It skips messy traditional methods, pulling high-perity antimony straight from war samples, Loxley shipped from their desert antimony mine in, California. Folks are buzzing because this lines up perfectly with America's drive to cut foreign dependence on critical minerals. CEO Kerry Matthews says Rice is nailing advancements in purity and new applications for high-tech uses. This test showed their antimony loaded graphite up to 20% antimony expands and contracts way less during charges, meaning batteries that last longer and stay stable.

1:04They've even found antimony additive slashing fire risks, pushing toward non-flemable performance. With high-grade veins hitting 46% antimony nearby, plus rare earth promise at El Campo, Loxley is locking in the full chain for mine. To market, setting up big for defense and clean energy needs.