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Duranium

Summer 2025Active

Reshoring critical metal production

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Duranium

Summer 2025Active

Reshoring critical metal production

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China and Russia control the world’s critical minerals. We can produce Titanium, Magnesium, Aluminum, Zirconium & Hafnium in the U.S. more profitably than any existing process, and carbon neutrally via co-production.

Carbochlorination is the primary process for producing critical metals like titanium, hafnium, and zirconium, and was once the standard for magnesium. The problem: conventional carbochlorination relies on purchasing carbon feedstocks, wastes valuable byproducts, and is highly CO₂-intensive.

Duranium changes this with a novel reactor that recycles CO₂ emissions back into feedstock (CO) while generating a valuable co-product (bleaching agents). This closed loop slashes emissions and delivers Chinese-level metal pricing without subsidies — unlocking the full potential of carbochlorination for U.S. critical mineral production.

Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded
Unknown
Category
Manufacturing
YC Directory Pagewww.duranium.co
Founders
  • BP
    Brenden Prins-McKinney
    Founder/CEO
    LinkedIn
  • BN
    Berkley Noble
    Founder/CTO
    LinkedIn

China and Russia control the world’s critical minerals. We can produce Titanium, Magnesium, Aluminum, Zirconium & Hafnium in the U.S. more profitably than any existing process, and carbon neutrally via co-production.

Carbochlorination is the primary process for producing critical metals like titanium, hafnium, and zirconium, and was once the standard for magnesium. The problem: conventional carbochlorination relies on purchasing carbon feedstocks, wastes valuable byproducts, and is highly CO₂-intensive.

Duranium changes this with a novel reactor that recycles CO₂ emissions back into feedstock (CO) while generating a valuable co-product (bleaching agents). This closed loop slashes emissions and delivers Chinese-level metal pricing without subsidies — unlocking the full potential of carbochlorination for U.S. critical mineral production.

Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded
Unknown
Category
Manufacturing
YC Directory Pagewww.duranium.co
Founders
  • BP
    Brenden Prins-McKinney
    Founder/CEO
    LinkedIn
  • BN
    Berkley Noble
    Founder/CTO
    LinkedIn
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