Scandium

Scandium - The Path to Innovative Solutions and Sustainable Technologies

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• Scandium (Sc) is a lightweight, soft metal with a high melting point and good electrical and heat conductivity
• Scandium when used in combination with aluminium can produce stronger, more corrosion resistant, heat tolerant, weldable and 3D printable aluminium products.
• Scandium’s physical properties provides specific benefits in highly specialised industries such as:
• Aerospace and Defence – Aluminium/Scandium allows provide strength and weight benefits for aircraft and aeronautical components
• Transportation – Lightweight allows suitable for high-performance technologies in automotive, rail and marine applications
• Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs): Scandium improves efficiency, durability, and operating temperature of SOFCs such as Hydrogen fuel cells

• Scandium is on the Critical Minerals List for Australia, Canada, the European Union and the United States
• Currently, most of the global scandium market is supplied by Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Ukraine with Western economies seeking stable supply from allied nations such as Australia
• Geologically, the region around Parkes in NSW is one of very few areas globally where Scandium mineralisation occurs in commercial accumulations.