Lava Blue is a science-led unlisted public company developing a High Purity Alumina project on granted mining and exploration permits, and planned processing factory, in north Queensland. The global economy is rapidly moving to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy generation and electrical transport systems, creating an entirely new mineral sector – Critical Minerals – a sector in which Australia is becoming a market leader. For instance, in 2018 Australian companies produced more than 60% of the lithium metal in the world, a commodity that a decade prior was almost a waste product from tantalum production. As part of the unstoppable global trend to the use of metals in energy production and storage High Purity Alumina – used as the basis for LEDs and as a critical material in Lithium ion batteries - has begun to experience surging demand, and once again Australia is in a prime position to become the global leader in supply, with Queensland identified as a key focus. High purity alumina (>99.99% Al2O3) (HPA) is a chemically inert ceramic material with high thermal and electrical resistivity, properties that has made it the basis for all LEDs and sapphire glass, and highly effective in electronic displays and in semiconductors. In addition, HPA Is now a critical material for separators for both lithium and aluminium batteries, which significantly increase the safety and the energy density of the batteries.
