Military contract to expand Atalco refinery in Gramercy, add 500 jobs

By: Wesley Muller

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: January 14, 2026

Words: 353

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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The Atalco refinery in Gramercy will receive federal funding to produce more critical minerals under a new agreement between its Bermuda-based owners and the U.S. Department of Defense.

The partnership includes a $450 million investment that will allow the facility to produce gallium, a soft metal used in semiconductors, and to ramp up its refinement of aluminum oxide, a feedstock mineral used to make finished aluminum, according to a news release from Louisiana Economic Development.

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