specialty_metal · byproduct
At a glance
Price · 2025
5,200dollars per kilogram
USGS MCS (Scandium metal, ingot, 99.999%)
Price trend
0% 1Y
0%/yr · 4Y CAGR
US net import reliance · 2025
100%
From ore to use
lifecycle flow
11.7Kt
Australia leads · 100% share
Provenance
5 sources · click to verify
0t
2025
4t
net importer · 2025
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Process engineering
1 PROMMIS flowsheet
PROMMIS · uky
Open workbench →Primary REE recovery from coal byproducts: leaching → solvent extraction (rougher + cleaner) → precipitation → roasting. Reports per-metal recoveries + overall product purity at the canonical UKy reference flowsheet.
commodity: scandium · suggested axis: leach_liquid_feed_rate_l_per_hr · y: overall_ree_recovery_pct
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