PIONEERING THE WORLD'S
MOST SUSTAINABLE ALUMINIUM PURIFICATION PROCESS
With growing global demand for high purity aluminium products for application in LED lighting, synthetic sapphire, semiconductors, Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology and lithium-ion battery industries, Alpha HPA is committed to supplying the world’s most pure and sustainable ultra-high purity aluminium materials to market. To achieve this, we are commercialising our new, smarter technology using the most environmentally responsible and efficient methods in the world.
HPA FIRST FACILITY
GLADSTONE, QUEENSLAND
STAGE ONE
(IN PRODUCTION)
Stage One of our HPA First Facility in Gladstone is in production and represents the first commercial application of our proprietary licensed solvent extraction and refining technology to produce our full high-purity aluminium product range in small commercial quantities including:
- Aluminium Nitrate
- High Purity Alumina (HPA)
- Nano HPA
- High Purity Aluminium Hydroxides
The facility hosts a state-of-the-art testing laboratory to maintain Alpha’s stringent focus on process purity and quality control. Stage One operates 24/7 and runs on 100 per cent renewable electricity while creating 70 full time jobs in the local community, with 40% of them being female.
Gladstone is the global hub of our manufacturing capability — a city with a strong industrial pedigree and one of the busiest multi-commodity ports in Australia.
STAGE TWO
(UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
Stage Two of our HPA First Facility in Gladstone is our Smart SX Technology in action, and at full scale – the world's largest single site manufacturing facility for high-purity aluminium materials. The 10-hectare, state-of-the-art facility will leverage the established Stage One facility, and the latest in process control systems and automation, capable of producing 10,000 tonnes of HPA equivalent per year.
Once operational in 2027, we will create 120 additional full time job opportunities for the local community and during construction and commissioning generate more than 420 jobs. The site will continue to run on 100 per cent renewable electricity.
“Solvent extraction has long been a method for extracting and purifying metals, but it has not been successfully applied to aluminium until now.”
PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND
Our Product Development Centre in Brisbane is where we are continuing to work on the development of bespoke ultra-high purity aluminium products for new markets and work on continuous improvement of our existing products and process. This site started off as our pilot demonstration plant, where we perfected our process through over 8,000 hours of operation and established a global network with over 40 end users, prior to the HPA First Facility.
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ALPHA SAPPHIRE
(COMING SOON)
Alpha HPA’s ultra-high purity alumina tablets, together with proprietary crystal growth technology, have enabled Alpha Sapphire the opportunity to produce synthetic sapphire glass. We are dedicated to establishing ourselves as the world’s most sustainable, premium supplier of synthetic sapphire boule to the LED and optics markets.
Find out more about our phased expansion to sapphire growth.
STAGE THREE
Alpha HPA, together with Orica, are mutually investigating the technical and commercial feasibility of establishing a new manufacturing facility in North America to produce high-purity aluminium products for the rapidly expanding future-facing industries in the region. The facility would seek to leverage and replicate the chemical process synergies that have been successfully established between Orica and Alpha HPA in the development of the HPA First Facility at Gladstone, Queensland.
The rationale for exploring an operational footprint in North America for Alpha HPA is to provide a local production source to supply and capitalise on the rapidly expanding manufacturing capacity across future-facing industries in the region, including the lithium-ion battery sector, and re-shoring of supply chains into the semiconductor sector.
