Impact Minerals has shipped the first significant quantities of HiPurA high purity alumina from its Perth pilot plant to the United States, marking a key milestone in the company’s push into advanced battery materials. The 50 per cent-owned associate Alluminous dispatched approximately 15 kilograms of HiPurA HPA to Charge CCCV LLC (C4V) for initial test work under the Technology Development Agreement signed in December last year. The delivery comes just nine months after Impact invested in the technology, underscoring the speed at which the project has progressed from capital backing to product output.

The material will undergo formal testing at C4V’s laboratory and pilot-scale facilities, with the goal of advancing product qualification for downstream lithium-ion battery markets. The collaboration centres on testing, engineering and validation to convert HiPurA HPA into a material suitable for direct use in lithium-ion battery manufacturing.

Performance data generated at C4V’s facilities is expected to support product approval and strengthen further customer engagement.

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Alluminous managing director David Leavy recently met with the C4V technical team in New York to align the scope and sequencing of the test work program and review how the material integrates within the broader US battery technology ecosystem. C4V operates from the Centre of Excellence at Binghamton University in New York state, a lithium-ion research hub led by Professor M Stanley Whittingham, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019 for his role in developing lithium-ion batteries.

At the production end, the Perth pilot plant is operating successfully in batch mode, producing HPA and precursor materials in line with internal quality specifications. Initial assessments indicate the facility may be capable of substantial increases in throughput beyond its original design, with further work underway to quantify capacity and associated capital requirements.

To steer the next phase, Alluminous has appointed Peter Barnes as chief operating officer to oversee pilot plant optimisation, manage the scoping study process, and plan the project’s progression from pilot operations through feasibility and commercialisation.

Alongside technical advancement, Alluminous has continued market engagement in the United States. Mr Leavy has met with investors, strategic advisors and industry participants in New York, Washington and San Francisco to discuss the role of high purity alumina across battery, AI, data centre, defence, semiconductor, optics and photonics markets.

Alluminous managing director Mike Jones said, “To see this amount of HPA produced after less than three years in the HPA business is a very exciting development for Impact. This tangible milestone demonstrates execution capability and moves us closer to product qualification in technically demanding battery markets.”

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